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Wisdom, Montana

Community in Beaverhead County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Wisdom

Index 37, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Salmon (ID), 37 miles off.

37Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Wisdom

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

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Wisdom, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

WisdomWISM8

At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/6,050 ft/6 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Polaris 2.7 NMT-BV-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/21.3 mi away/6,583 ft/527 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Steele Creek RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 5.0 mi from Wisdom, Montana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:54 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

30.0 F with a dew point of 27.7 F, 91 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Steele Creek RAWS: temperature 30.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 27.7, 91 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SLCM8FIG. B THE AIR AT STEELE CREEK RAWSTHE 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 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.1 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 30.0 F, 27.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 91 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 POINTTITLESteele Creek RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP SLCM8TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SLCM8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (59 degrees) at 1 mph, gusting 4 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 10 mph.

Plan of the wind at Steele Creek RAWS, north up: blowing from 59 degrees, the east northeast, at 1 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 SLCM8FIG. C THE WIND AT STEELE CREEK RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 59°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESteele Creek RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP SLCM8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SLCM8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 6,352 ft above sea level, 21 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 23.66 inHg and the temperature at 36.3 F; it reports 30.0 F, 6.3 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Steele Creek RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 6,352 feet above sea level with 21 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 23.66 inches of mercury, and temperature, 36.3 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SLCM8FIG. D WHERE STEELE CREEK RAWS 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 ATMOSPHERESTEELE CREEK RAWS21 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT6,352 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 HERE23.66 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE36.3 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED30.0 FTITLESteele Creek RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP SLCM8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SLCM8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Steele Creek RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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