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Ovando, Montana

Community in Powell County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Ovando

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Seeley Lake (MT), 20 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate19.9 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 6 AM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Ovando

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Ovando, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ovando, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

ClearwaterCLWM8

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.0 mi away/3,890 ft/281 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank225of 1,053

measured daily2 instruments

Ovando 2.9 SWMT-PW-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/4,057 ft/114 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Lincoln Ranger StationLINM8

At a fire lookout or ranger station/22.3 mi away/4,603 ft/432 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Helmville MT-200 MP 53.3, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 7.6 mi from Ovando, Montana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:30 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

46.0 F with a dew point of 27.4 F, 48 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Helmville MT-200 MP 53.3: temperature 46.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 27.4, 48 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTHLMFIG. B THE AIR AT HELMVILLE MT-200 MP 53.3THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 4,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 23.6 FTEMPERATURE 46.0 FDEW POINT 27.4 FSPREAD 18.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 48 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 POINTTITLEHelmville MT-200 MP 53.3, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS MTHLMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MTHLM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (225 degrees) at 2 mph, gusting 4 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 6 mph.

Plan of the wind at Helmville MT-200 MP 53.3, north up: blowing from 225 degrees, the southwest, at 2 miles an hour, gusting 4; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTHLMFIG. C THE WIND AT HELMVILLE MT-200 MP 53.3PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 225°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHelmville MT-200 MP 53.3, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS MTHLMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MTHLM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 4,327 ft above sea level, 15 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.53 inHg and the temperature at 43.6 F; it reports 46.0 F, 2.4 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Helmville MT-200 MP 53.3 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 4,327 feet above sea level with 15 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 25.53 inches of mercury, and temperature, 43.6 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTHLMFIG. D WHERE HELMVILLE MT-200 MP 53.3 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 ATMOSPHEREHELMVILLE MT-200 MP 53.315 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT4,327 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 HERE25.53 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE43.6 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED46.0 FTITLEHelmville MT-200 MP 53.3, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS MTHLMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MTHLM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Helmville MT-200 MP 53.3, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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