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Yaak, Montana

Community in Lincoln County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Yaak

Index 5, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Kootenai Tribe (ID), 32 miles off.

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

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 53, moderate, Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Yaak

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. 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 Yaak, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Yaak, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Yaak 0.3 WMT-LN-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/3,005 ft/41 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank38of 1,053

Yaak 9NNEYAKM8

At a cooperative observer's station/8.7 mi away/3,104 ft/58 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank36of 1,053

Station report

The weather at Yaak(Upper Ford), drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 6.0 mi from Yaak, Montana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:06 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

24.0 F with a dew point of 23.2 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Yaak(Upper Ford): temperature 24.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 23.2, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT YKAM8FIG. B THE AIR AT YAAK(UPPER FORD)THE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 23.1 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 24.0 F, 23.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEYaak(Upper Ford), the airSTATION REPORT · DCP YKAM8TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-YKAM8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Yaak(Upper Ford), 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 YKAM8FIG. C THE WIND AT YAAK(UPPER FORD)PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEYaak(Upper Ford), the windSTATION REPORT · DCP YKAM8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-YKAM8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 3,022 ft above sea level, 10 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 26.79 inHg and the temperature at 48.2 F; it reports 24.0 F, 24.2 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Yaak(Upper Ford) stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 3,022 feet above sea level with 10 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 26.79 inches of mercury, and temperature, 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT YKAM8FIG. D WHERE YAAK(UPPER FORD) 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 ATMOSPHEREYAAK(UPPER FORD)10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT3,022 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 HERE26.79 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE48.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED24.0 FTITLEYaak(Upper Ford), the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP YKAM8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-YKAM8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Yaak(Upper Ford), in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Yaak 9NNE (YAKM8), 8.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 20:08. measured daily

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