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Fortine, Montana

Community in Lincoln County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Fortine

Index 61, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Libby (MT), 39 miles off.

61Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)61Moderate-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)43Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Fortine

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Fortine, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fortine, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Fortine 0.0 WMT-LN-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/2,965 ft/147 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Eureka Ranger StationERKM8

At a fire lookout or ranger station/11.0 mi away/2,635 ft/477 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Dickey Lake US-93 MP 160.2, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 8.1 mi from Fortine, Montana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:45 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

41.0 F with a dew point of 36.5 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Dickey Lake US-93 MP 160.2: temperature 41.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.5, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTDKYFIG. B THE AIR AT DICKEY LAKE US-93 MP 160.2THE 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 F50 FSATURATES 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.5 FTEMPERATURE 41.0 FDEW POINT 36.5 FSPREAD 4.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLEDickey Lake US-93 MP 160.2, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS MTDKYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MTDKY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (135 degrees) at 2 mph, gusting 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dickey Lake US-93 MP 160.2, north up: blowing from 135 degrees, the southeast, at 2 miles an hour, gusting 3; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTDKYFIG. C THE WIND AT DICKEY LAKE US-93 MP 160.2PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 135°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDickey Lake US-93 MP 160.2, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS MTDKYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MTDKY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 3,241 ft above sea level, 11 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 26.58 inHg and the temperature at 47.4 F; it reports 41.0 F, 6.4 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Dickey Lake US-93 MP 160.2 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 3,241 feet above sea level with 11 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 26.58 inches of mercury, and temperature, 47.4 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTDKYFIG. D WHERE DICKEY LAKE US-93 MP 160.2 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREDICKEY LAKE US-93 MP 160.211 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT3,241 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE26.58 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE47.4 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED41.0 FTITLEDickey Lake US-93 MP 160.2, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS MTDKYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MTDKY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Dickey Lake US-93 MP 160.2, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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