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Fords Creek Colony, Montana

Community in Fergus County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Fords Creek Colony

Index 38, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Lewistown (MT), 26 miles off.

38Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)38Good-
  • Ozone29Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)3Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Fords Creek Colony

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Fords Creek Colony, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

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On the radar over Fords Creek Colony, MontanaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fords Creek Colony, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Judith RAWSJPKM8

A remote fire weather station/15.6 mi away/6,351 ft/2,792 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank666of 1,053

GrassrangeMVH

At an airfield/20.3 mi away/4,393 ft/834 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank17of 1,053

measured daily2 instruments

Grass RangeGSSM8

At a cooperative observer's station/9.0 mi away/3,488 ft/71 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank576of 1,053

Lewistown 0.4 SWMT-FG-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.8 mi away/4,019 ft/460 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Grassrange, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.3 mi from Fords Creek Colony, Montana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:55 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 Grassrange, 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 MVHFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRASSRANGESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEGrassrange, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MVHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MVH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

28.4 F with a dew point of 21.2 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Grassrange: temperature 28.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 21.2, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MVHFIG. B THE AIR AT GRASSRANGETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 19.7 FTEMPERATURE 28.4 FDEW POINT 21.2 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLEGrassrange, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MVHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MVH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Grassrange, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 6 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 MVHFIG. C THE WIND AT GRASSRANGEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrassrange, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MVHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MVH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Grass Range (GSSM8), 9.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 18:00. measured daily

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