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Loma, Montana

Community in Chouteau County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Loma

Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Great Falls (MT), 48 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 17, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Loma

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Loma, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 12 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Loma, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Loma 0.1 SEMT-CH-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.0 mi away/2,579 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Marias River 1 WNW LomaLOMM8

At a cooperative observer's station/1.4 mi away/2,569 ft/7 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Fort Benton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.9 mi from Loma, Montana. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 5:15 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 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-79S-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 30.6 F, 54 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fort Benton: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.6, 54 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,600 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.3 FTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 30.6 FSPREAD 15.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 54 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 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-79S-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Fort Benton, north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle 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 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Benton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 79STYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-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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