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Blacktail, North Dakota

Community in Williams County, North Dakota

Precipitation

What has fallen at Blacktail

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 Blacktail, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.

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On the radar over Blacktail, North DakotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Blacktail, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Ray US 2 MP 51.3ND024

Beside a road/25.0 mi away/2,365 ft/281 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Zahl 0.1 SND-WM-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.0 mi away/2,001 ft/83 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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WillistonWLSN8

At a cooperative observer's station/19.8 mi away/1,889 ft/195 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Williston Basin, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.9 mi from Blacktail, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:51 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 Williston Basin, 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 XWAFIG. A THE SKY OVER WILLISTON BASINSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEWilliston Basin, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS XWATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-XWA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

29.0 F with a dew point of 27.0 F, 92 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 Williston Basin: temperature 29.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 27.0, 92 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 XWAFIG. B THE AIR AT WILLISTON BASINTHE 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 26.6 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 29.0 F, 27.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 92 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 POINTTITLEWilliston Basin, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS XWATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-XWA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Williston Basin, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT XWAFIG. C THE WIND AT WILLISTON BASINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWilliston Basin, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS XWATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-XWA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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