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Medicine Lake, Montana

Town in Sheridan County, Montana

Precipitation

What has fallen at Medicine Lake

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 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 Medicine Lake, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 12 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Medicine Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Medicine Lake 3 SeMDCM8

At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/1,955 ft/5 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Homestead 3.8 ESEMT-SH-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.1 mi away/2,090 ft/130 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Plentywood Sher-Wood, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.9 mi from Medicine Lake, Montana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:50 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 Plentywood Sher-Wood, 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 PWDFIG. A THE SKY OVER PLENTYWOOD SHER-WOODSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPlentywood Sher-Wood, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PWDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PWD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

23.0 F with a dew point of 21.2 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Plentywood Sher-Wood: temperature 23.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 21.2, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PWDFIG. B THE AIR AT PLENTYWOOD SHER-WOODTHE 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 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 20.8 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 23.0 F, 21.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEPlentywood Sher-Wood, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PWDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PWD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Plentywood Sher-Wood, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PWDFIG. C THE WIND AT PLENTYWOOD SHER-WOODPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPlentywood Sher-Wood, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PWDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PWD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Plentywood Sher-Wood, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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