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Carter, Montana

Community in Chouteau County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Carter

Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Great Falls (MT), 25 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Carter

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Carter, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

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On the radar over Carter, MontanaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Carter, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 12.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Carter 14WCAWM8

At a cooperative observer's station/12.2 mi away/3,434 ft/298 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Great Falls 2.6 EMT-CC-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/22.9 mi away/3,455 ft/319 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Fort Benton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.5 mi from Carter, Montana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Benton, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 79SFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT BENTONSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Benton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 79STYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-79S-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

27.7 F with a dew point of 27.3 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fort Benton: temperature 27.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 27.3, 98 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 79SFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT BENTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.2 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 27.7 F, 27.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEFort Benton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 79STYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-79S-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (90 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Fort Benton, north up: blowing from 90 degrees, the east, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 79SFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT BENTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 90°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Benton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 79STYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-79S-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Benton, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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