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Pinnacle, Montana

Community in Flathead County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Pinnacle

Index 5, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Glacier National Park (MT), 19 miles off.

5Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-24.8 mi
  • Ozone5Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-24.8 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Pinnacle

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

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Pinnacle, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Fielding RAWSFIEM8

A remote fire weather station/11.2 mi away/4,862 ft/1,172 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank178of 1,045

KalispellGPI

At an airfield/28.5 mi away/2,979 ft/711 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank223of 1,045

measured daily2 instruments

Hungry Horse DamHGHM8

At a dam/17.2 mi away/3,337 ft/353 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Kalispell, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 28.5 mi from Pinnacle, Montana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:55 PM 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 Kalispell, 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 GPIFIG. A THE SKY OVER KALISPELLSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEKalispell, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GPITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-GPI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

30.0 F with a dew point of 30.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Kalispell: temperature 30.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GPIFIG. B THE AIR AT KALISPELLTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 30.0 F, 30.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEKalispell, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GPITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-GPI-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 Kalispell, 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 GPIFIG. C THE WIND AT KALISPELLPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEKalispell, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GPITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-GPI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Kalispell, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Hungry Horse Dam (HGHM8), 17.2 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 10:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Montana

20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Pinnacle

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Pinnacle

River and lake gauges