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3 alerts in force in Montana

High Wind Watch1

High Wind Watch

Until Sep 26, 9:00 AM MDT

Northern High Plains; Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera

MTSevereFuturePossibleIn force from Sep 25, 6:00 PM MDT

The full text and what to do

* WHAT...West winds 30 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph possible.

* WHERE...Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera and Northern High Plains.

* WHEN...From Friday evening through Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS...Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.

What to do

Remember, a High Wind Watch means that there is at least a 50% chance of 40 mph sustained winds or 58 mph wind gusts occurring during the watch period.

Dense Fog Advisory2

Dense Fog Advisory

Until Sep 24, 10:00 AM MDT

Fallon

MTModerateExpectedLikelyIn force from Sep 24, 12:34 AM MDT

The full text and what to do

* WHAT...Visibility down to a quarter mile or less in dense fog.

* WHERE...Fallon.

* WHEN...Until 10 AM MDT this morning.

* IMPACTS...Locally very poor visibility will make driving conditions hazardous. Please use caution and allow extra time.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Fog will dissipate in the couple hours after sunrise.

What to do

If driving, slow down, use your low beam headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.

Dense Fog Advisory

Until Sep 24, 10:00 AM MDT

Daniels; Sheridan; Western Roosevelt; Richland; Dawson; Wibaux; Eastern Roosevelt

MTModerateExpectedLikelyIn force from Sep 24, 2:00 AM MDT

The full text and what to do

* WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog.

* WHERE...Daniels, Dawson, Roosevelt, Richland, Sheridan, Roosevelt, and Wibaux Counties.

* WHEN...Until 10 AM MDT this morning.

* IMPACTS...Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous.

What to do

If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.

Every alert in force across the country

What stands in Montana

Every kind of place an instrument stands at in Montana, and how many stand at each.

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In a volunteer observer's own ground300 At a cooperative observer's station195 Beside a road112 At a river or reservoir gauge111 A snow pillow on a mountain91 A remote fire weather station81 At an airfield45 At a dam10 On a farm or research station3 In a park or preserve2 At a reservoir2 At a fire lookout or ranger station2

What the snow tracker reads here

7 instruments in Montana are read by 4 of the 63 mountains. Listed in the rank order of the state. Each one has its own page, and the ranking they feed is on the snow tracker.

Sacajawea SnotelSAJM8 / 45.874, -110.928 / 6,550 ftBridger Bowl, Bridger Bowlrank11of 954 Lone Mountain SnotelBSKM8 / 45.274, -111.427 / 8,880 ftBig Skyrank22of 954 Stillwater RAWSSTWM8 / 48.539, -114.559 / 3,331 ftWhitefish Mountainrank22of 954 Beaver Creek SnotelBEVM8 / 44.950, -111.359 / 7,850 ftBig Skyrank44of 954 Emery Creek SnotelEMCM8 / 48.430, -113.940 / 4,350 ftWhitefish Mountainrank44of 954 Grave Creek SnotelGRCM8 / 48.914, -114.766 / 4,300 ftFernierank44of 954 Porcupine SnotelPRPM8 / 46.112, -110.470 / 6,500 ftBridger Bowlrank44of 954

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Ordered by name. Standing is three times the mountains forecast from an instrument plus the places that read it. It measures how much of the network depends on it, not how well it reports.By nameBy standing

Absarokee 3NEABSM8 / 45.551, -109.388 / 3,885 ft AlbertonABTM8 / 47.004, -114.478 / 3,130 ft Albion 1NALBM8 / 45.209, -104.265 / 3,297 ft Alder 19SADRM8 / 45.096, -112.086 / 5,728 ft AnacondaANAM8 / 46.131, -112.957 / 5,289 ft AugustaAUGM8 / 47.493, -112.396 / 4,081 ft BelltowerBTWM8 / 45.626, -104.389 / 3,212 ft BiddleBIDM8 / 45.098, -105.338 Biddle 8SWBDDM8 / 45.040, -105.486 / 3,583 ft Big Fork 13 SBFSM8 / 47.875, -114.033 / 2,897 ftrank2020of 954 Big SandyBSYM8 / 48.135, -110.061 Big TimberBGTM8 / 45.833, -109.950 / 4,112 ft BillingsBYZ / 45.751, -108.570 / 3,186 ft Billings Water PlantBWPM8 / 45.772, -108.481 / 3,120 ftrank2020of 954 BoulderBOUM8 / 46.231, -112.114 / 4,888 ft Bozeman Montana State UnivBZEM8 / 45.662, -111.045 / 4,934 ftrank1010of 954 Brady 27 ENEKNEM8 / 48.075, -111.260 / 3,325 ft BrandenbergBDBM8 / 45.816, -106.231 BredetteBRDM8 / 48.547, -105.271 / 2,625 ft Bridger 2NBDGM8 / 45.326, -108.909 / 3,589 ft Broadus4BQ / 45.444, -105.407 / 3,025 ft Brockton 20 SBKNM8 / 47.871, -104.900 / 2,369 ft Brockway 3 WswBKYM8 / 47.288, -105.830 / 2,608 ft Brusett 3 NBRSM8 / 47.465, -107.311 BusbyBSBM8 / 45.540, -106.960 Butte - Montana TechMTTM8 / 46.013, -112.558 / 5,767 ftrank2020of 954 Bynum 4 SseBYNM8 / 47.926, -112.292 / 4,035 ft Carlyle 13NwCLLM8 / 46.745, -104.309 Carter 14WCAWM8 / 47.792, -111.219 / 3,434 ft CascadeADLM8 / 47.009, -111.674 / 5,003 ft ChesterCHEM8 / 48.515, -110.971 / 3,120 ft ChinookCNKM8 / 48.588, -109.225 / 2,402 ft ChoteauCOUM8 / 47.821, -112.192 / 3,839 ft Choteau 8NeCTOM8 / 47.864, -112.022 CircleCIRM8 / 47.412, -105.595 Clyde ParkCYDM8 / 45.890, -110.599 CohagenCHNM8 / 47.057, -106.617 Cohagen 22 SeCOHM8 / 46.867, -106.234 ColstripCOLM8 / 45.894, -106.634 / 3,225 ft ColumbusCOSM8 / 45.644, -109.267 / 3,625 ft ConradCRDM8 / 48.179, -111.961 / 3,501 ft Content 3SseCNTM8 / 47.977, -107.549 CrestonCRSM8 / 48.189, -114.134 / 2,953 ft CulberstonCULM8 / 48.150, -104.509 / 1,932 ft DarbyDRBM8 / 46.026, -114.176 / 3,885 ft Deer Lodge 3 WDERM8 / 46.391, -112.797 / 4,810 ft Dillon 9SSEDINM8 / 45.092, -112.604 / 5,489 ft Dillon WmceDLLM8 / 45.213, -112.645 / 5,105 ft Dunkirk 19NNEDVNM8 / 48.717, -111.475 / 3,327 ft East GlacierEGLM8 / 48.447, -113.224 / 4,833 ft EkalakaEKLM8 / 45.890, -104.546 / 3,425 ft EnnisENSM8 / 45.339, -111.711 / 4,954 ftrank2020of 954 EthridgeETHM8 / 48.558, -112.125 FairfieldFFDM8 / 47.615, -111.986 / 3,986 ft FishtailFSTM8 / 45.453, -109.507 / 4,455 ft Flatwillow 4ENEFLTM8 / 46.851, -108.313 / 3,143 ft ForsythFSYM8 / 46.272, -106.674 / 2,516 ft Fort AssinniboineASNM8 / 48.498, -109.797 / 2,667 ftrank2020of 954 Fort Belknap 2 SWBKPM8 / 48.463, -108.779 / 2,524 ft Fort BentonFTBM8 / 47.810, -110.675 / 2,631 ft Galata 16 SswGLTM8 / 48.292, -111.567 Gibson 2 NEGBNM8 / 46.040, -109.494 / 4,432 ft Gibson LakeGDMM8 / 47.602, -112.762 / 4,751 ft GildfordGILM8 / 48.565, -110.302 Glasglow #2GOWM8 / 48.193, -106.638 / 2,089 ft Glasgow 14 NwGLAM8 / 48.351, -106.857 / 2,118 ft Glasgow 46SwGGSM8 / 47.709, -107.266 Glasgow WfoGGWM8 / 48.223, -106.626 / 2,257 ft GlendiveGNDM8 / 47.106, -104.718 / 2,067 ft Gold Butte 7NGNSM8 / 48.976, -111.399 / 3,497 ft Grant 5SeGRNM8 / 44.941, -113.028 Grass RangeGSSM8 / 47.026, -108.803 / 3,488 ft Great Falls 16 St SGTFM8 / 47.488, -111.278 / 3,438 ftrank2020of 954 Great Falls MtTFX / 47.460, -111.385 / 3,701 ft HarbHRBM8 / 48.233, -107.410 HardinHDNM8 / 45.732, -107.608 / 2,907 ft Harlem 20SHLMM8 / 48.238, -108.677 Harlowton 11NwHTNM8 / 46.578, -109.948 Haugan 1 WHAUM8 / 47.389, -115.422 / 3,182 ft Heron 2NWHERM8 / 48.080, -116.001 / 2,247 ft Highwood 7 NeHWDM8 / 47.642, -110.668 Hingham 12 NHGMM8 / 48.726, -110.455 Hinsdale 21 SwHNSM8 / 48.127, -107.313 Hinsdale 4 SwHINM8 / 48.347, -107.153 Homestead 5 EHOMM8 / 48.419, -104.456 / 2,083 ft Hoyt 2SWHOYM8 / 46.919, -104.897 / 2,124 ft HyshamHYSM8 / 46.294, -107.228 / 2,644 ft Hysham 25 SseHSMM8 / 45.935, -107.138 Ingomar 14 NeINEM8 / 46.739, -107.208 JolietJOLM8 / 45.489, -108.974 / 3,773 ft JoplinJOPM8 / 48.560, -110.772 Judith GapGAPM8 / 46.676, -109.752 / 4,639 ft Judith Gap 13 EJDHM8 / 46.650, -109.480 / 4,997 ft Judith River Wma CRNJRWM8 / 46.885, -110.289 / 5,115 ft Kalispell 9 NNEKSPM8 / 48.309, -114.252 / 2,963 ftrank1010of 954 Knobs 4 SwNOBM8 / 45.873, -104.158 LakeviewLKVM8 / 44.599, -111.813 / 6,706 ft Laurin 2NeLARM8 / 45.367, -112.097 Lennep 5 SwLNPM8 / 46.362, -110.600 LewistownLCMM8 / 47.073, -109.402 / 4,032 ft Lewistown 11 ESELWMM8 / 47.011, -109.226 / 4,715 ft Lewistown 11 SseLWSM8 / 46.906, -109.411 Libby1 NE RsLBYM8 / 48.404, -115.539 / 2,156 ft LimaLMAM8 / 44.639, -112.591 / 6,253 ft Lindbergh LakeLNBM8 / 47.408, -113.713 / 4,345 ft LindsayLNDM8 / 47.225, -105.152 Livingston 12SLVGM8 / 45.484, -110.569 Logan LandfillLLFM8 / 45.881, -111.416 / 4,170 ft Lolo Hot SpringsLHSM8 / 46.725, -114.534 / 4,157 ft Mac KenzieMAKM8 / 46.142, -104.735 Madison River 6 NE McAllister below Ennis LakeMADM8 / 45.486, -111.632 / 4,905 ft MaltaMLAM8 / 48.359, -107.871 / 2,244 ft Malta 35SMTAM8 / 47.842, -107.956 Malta 7 EMLTM8 / 48.394, -107.728 Marias River 1 WNW LomaLOMM8 / 47.944, -110.531 / 2,569 ft McleodMDLM8 / 45.663, -110.115 Medicine Lake 3 SeMDCM8 / 48.483, -104.451 / 1,955 ft MelstoneMELM8 / 46.601, -107.869 Melville 4WMVEM8 / 46.105, -110.050 Mildred 5NMLDM8 / 46.761, -104.962 / 2,485 ft Millegan 14SEMGZM8 / 46.875, -111.163 / 4,977 ft Missoula 6 NW WfoMSOM8 / 46.924, -114.091 / 3,199 ftrank1010of 954 Missouri River 2 ENE Fort PeckFPKM8 / 48.012, -106.412 / 2,077 ft Mizpah 4NnwMIZM8 / 46.286, -105.292 Molt 6SWMOLM8 / 45.784, -108.970 / 3,952 ft Moorhead 9 NEMORM8 / 45.176, -105.752 / 3,251 ft Mystic LakeMYSM8 / 45.244, -109.731 / 6,535 ftrank1010of 954 Opheim 10 NOPNM8 / 48.999, -106.380 / 2,864 ft Philipsburg RsPHIM8 / 46.316, -113.300 / 5,240 ftrank2020of 954 PlentywoodPTYM8 / 48.779, -104.556 / 2,044 ft PlevnaPLEM8 / 46.418, -104.516 / 2,749 ft Polaris 3NPLSM8 / 45.414, -113.106 / 6,526 ft Pompeys Pillar 18 NPMPM8 / 46.217, -108.026 / 3,428 ft Poplar River SitePRSM8 / 48.308, -105.102 / 2,060 ft Port Of MorganPOGM8 / 49.000, -107.832 / 2,822 ft PotomacPOTM8 / 46.881, -113.574 / 3,639 ft Powderville 8 NNEPOWM8 / 45.852, -105.035 / 2,792 ft PryorPRYM8 / 45.433, -108.530 Raymond Border StationRAYM8 / 48.995, -104.575 / 2,362 ft Red LodgeRELM8 / 45.183, -109.249 / 5,584 ftrank2020of 954 Ridgeway 1 SRIDM8 / 45.502, -104.448 / 3,274 ft Roberts 1 NROBM8 / 45.375, -109.170 Roundup 15SWRLAM8 / 46.325, -108.740 / 3,396 ft Rudyard 19SRYDM8 / 48.278, -110.602 / 2,864 ft Rudyard 21NRDYM8 / 48.854, -110.596 RyegateRYTM8 / 46.299, -109.256 / 3,655 ft Ryegate 18 NNWRYGM8 / 46.533, -109.344 / 4,341 ft Saco 1 NnwSAOM8 / 48.466, -107.353 Saint IgnatiusSTIM8 / 47.315, -114.098 / 2,927 ft Sand Coulee 3ESESANM8 / 47.390, -111.100 / 3,867 ft Scobey 4 NWSCOM8 / 48.831, -105.476 / 2,359 ft Seeley Lake RsSELM8 / 47.214, -113.520 / 4,075 ft ShelbySLBM8 / 48.504, -111.855 / 3,278 ft Shonkin 7SSHSM8 / 47.532, -110.577 SidneySDYM8 / 47.728, -104.147 / 1,929 ft Sidney 2 SSIDM8 / 47.678, -104.156 / 1,916 ft Simpson 6 N - WildhorseSIPM8 / 48.999, -110.215 / 2,808 ft SpringdaleSPDM8 / 45.737, -110.225 St. MarieSMIM8 / 48.409, -106.514 / 2,736 ft St. MaryMRYM8 / 48.741, -113.433 / 4,551 ft StanfordSTNM8 / 47.155, -110.224 / 4,275 ft StevensvilleSTEM8 / 46.514, -114.091 / 3,317 ft Sula 11S - Gibbons PassGIBM8 / 45.693, -113.955 / 7,077 ft Sula 3 ENESULM8 / 45.848, -113.927 / 4,554 ft Sun River 4 SSNRM8 / 47.478, -111.740 Swan LakeSWLM8 / 47.920, -113.840 / 3,140 ft TerryTERM8 / 46.794, -105.302 / 2,241 ft Thompson Falls PhTHOM8 / 47.593, -115.359 / 2,405 ft Tizer GardensTIZM8 / 46.373, -112.022 / 4,747 ftrank2020of 954 TownsendTOWM8 / 46.331, -111.538 / 3,812 ft TridentTRIM8 / 45.947, -111.475 / 4,055 ft Trout Creek RsTCRM8 / 47.867, -115.628 / 2,444 ft TroyTRSM8 / 48.481, -115.906 / 1,994 ft Turner 11 NTNRM8 / 48.999, -108.389 / 2,976 ft Twin BridgesTNBM8 / 45.547, -112.326 Ulm 8 SE TrulyULLM8 / 47.356, -111.440 / 3,346 ft ValentineVALM8 / 47.339, -108.498 / 2,910 ft Virginia CityVACM8 / 45.292, -111.948 VolborgVOLM8 / 45.844, -105.681 Warrick 2 NwWARM8 / 48.088, -109.645 Webster 3 EWEBM8 / 46.056, -104.185 West GlacierWGLM8 / 48.500, -113.985 / 3,205 ftrank2020of 954 West Yellowstone GatewayWYGM8 / 44.662, -111.097 / 6,673 ftrank2020of 954 West Yellowstone USFSWYWM8 / 44.666, -111.098 / 6,667 ft WestbyWSBM8 / 48.871, -104.050 / 2,100 ft WhitewaterWTRM8 / 48.760, -107.625 Wibaux 2 EWBXM8 / 46.988, -104.157 / 2,700 ft Wilsall 8 EneWILM8 / 46.031, -110.505 Winnett 12 SwWITM8 / 46.926, -108.566 Winnett 6 NNEWNEM8 / 47.083, -108.316 / 2,861 ft WisdomWISM8 / 45.618, -113.451 / 6,050 ft Wise River 3 WnwWRVM8 / 45.803, -113.014 Wolf PointWLFM8 / 48.100, -105.648 / 2,090 ft Yaak 9NNEYAKM8 / 48.951, -115.627 / 3,104 ft ZortmanZRTM8 / 47.918, -108.527

Montana, live

3 alerts in force in Montana

High Wind Watch1

What to do

Dense Fog Advisory2

What to do

What to do

Weather instrument stations by state

What stands in Montana

What the snow tracker reads here

Every instrument in this state

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