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Centerville, Montana

Community in Cascade County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Centerville

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Great Falls (MT), 10 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 6 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Centerville

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Centerville, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Centerville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Sand Coulee 3ESESANM8

At a cooperative observer's station/2.2 mi away/3,867 ft/156 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Great Falls 6.2 SMT-CC-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.3 mi away/3,323 ft/388 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Malmstrom AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.4 mi from Centerville, Montana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 20,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Malmstrom AFB, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 20,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GFAFIG. A THE SKY OVER MALMSTROM AFBSECTION, 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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONSCT 20,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMalmstrom AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GFATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GFA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014, FB-SKY-010, FB-SKY-011, FB-SKY-012

The air

63.7 F with a dew point of 29.0 F, 27 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 20,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Malmstrom AFB: temperature 63.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 29.0, 27 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 7,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 20,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GFAFIG. B THE AIR AT MALMSTROM AFBTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00016,00018,00020,00022,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 7,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 21.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 20,000 FTTEMPERATURE 63.7 FDEW POINT 29.0 FSPREAD 34.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 27 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 POINTTITLEMalmstrom AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GFATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GFA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 25 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Malmstrom AFB, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 25 miles an hour, gusting 31; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GFAFIG. C THE WIND AT MALMSTROM AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMalmstrom AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GFATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GFA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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