Montana weather instruments

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3 alerts in force in Montana

High Wind Watch1

High Wind Watch

Until Sep 26, 9:00 AM MDT

Northern High Plains; Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera

MTSevereFuturePossibleIn force from Sep 25, 6:00 PM MDT

The full text and what to do

* WHAT...West winds 30 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph possible.

* WHERE...Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera and Northern High Plains.

* WHEN...From Friday evening through Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS...Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.

What to do

Remember, a High Wind Watch means that there is at least a 50% chance of 40 mph sustained winds or 58 mph wind gusts occurring during the watch period.

Dense Fog Advisory2

Dense Fog Advisory

Until Sep 24, 10:00 AM MDT

Fallon

MTModerateExpectedLikelyIn force from Sep 24, 12:34 AM MDT

The full text and what to do

* WHAT...Visibility down to a quarter mile or less in dense fog.

* WHERE...Fallon.

* WHEN...Until 10 AM MDT this morning.

* IMPACTS...Locally very poor visibility will make driving conditions hazardous. Please use caution and allow extra time.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Fog will dissipate in the couple hours after sunrise.

What to do

If driving, slow down, use your low beam headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.

Dense Fog Advisory

Until Sep 24, 10:00 AM MDT

Daniels; Sheridan; Western Roosevelt; Richland; Dawson; Wibaux; Eastern Roosevelt

MTModerateExpectedLikelyIn force from Sep 24, 2:00 AM MDT

The full text and what to do

* WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog.

* WHERE...Daniels, Dawson, Roosevelt, Richland, Sheridan, Roosevelt, and Wibaux Counties.

* WHEN...Until 10 AM MDT this morning.

* IMPACTS...Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous.

What to do

If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.

Every alert in force across the country

What stands in Montana

Every kind of place an instrument stands at in Montana, and how many stand at each.

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In a volunteer observer's own ground300 At a cooperative observer's station195 Beside a road112 At a river or reservoir gauge111 A snow pillow on a mountain91 A remote fire weather station81 At an airfield45 At a dam10 On a farm or research station3 In a park or preserve2 At a reservoir2 At a fire lookout or ranger station2

What the snow tracker reads here

7 instruments in Montana are read by 4 of the 63 mountains. Listed in the rank order of the state. Each one has its own page, and the ranking they feed is on the snow tracker.

Sacajawea SnotelSAJM8 / 45.874, -110.928 / 6,550 ftBridger Bowl, Bridger Bowlrank11of 954 Lone Mountain SnotelBSKM8 / 45.274, -111.427 / 8,880 ftBig Skyrank22of 954 Stillwater RAWSSTWM8 / 48.539, -114.559 / 3,331 ftWhitefish Mountainrank22of 954 Beaver Creek SnotelBEVM8 / 44.950, -111.359 / 7,850 ftBig Skyrank44of 954 Emery Creek SnotelEMCM8 / 48.430, -113.940 / 4,350 ftWhitefish Mountainrank44of 954 Grave Creek SnotelGRCM8 / 48.914, -114.766 / 4,300 ftFernierank44of 954 Porcupine SnotelPRPM8 / 46.112, -110.470 / 6,500 ftBridger Bowlrank44of 954

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Ordered by name. Standing is three times the mountains forecast from an instrument plus the places that read it. It measures how much of the network depends on it, not how well it reports.By nameBy standing

Antelope RAWSLMRM8 / 44.687, -112.542 / 6,729 ft Armells Ck RAWS NrARMM8 / 47.587, -108.869 / 2,795 ft Big Horn Mtn RAWSBHMM8 / 45.073, -107.889 / 7,982 ft Big Sheep Mountain RAWSLCFM8 / 47.017, -105.817 / 3,074 ft Blue Mtn RawsBLMM8 / 46.824, -114.100 Boorman RAWSBOOM8 / 48.133, -114.717 / 3,917 ft Bradshaw Ck RAWS NrBSHM8 / 45.055, -105.948 / 3,947 ft Brenner RAWSBRRM8 / 44.967, -113.217 / 6,371 ft Britton Springs - Wild Horse RAWSBRTM8 / 45.130, -108.304 / 8,093 ft Condon RAWSCONM8 / 47.536, -113.717 / 3,707 ft Deep Creek RAWSDCRM8 / 48.355, -113.114 / 5,240 ft Deer Mountain RAWSDEEM8 / 46.030, -114.060 / 6,499 ft Derby Mountain RAWSDBYM8 / 45.584, -109.852 / 6,020 ft Dry Blood CRK RAWS NrDBCM8 / 47.244, -108.358 / 3,081 ft Elkhorn RAWSEKHM8 / 46.315, -111.697 / 6,076 ft Eureka RAWSEURM8 / 48.900, -115.017 / 2,930 ft Fielding RAWSFIEM8 / 48.280, -113.433 / 4,862 ft Fire Effects RAWS 2MOMM8 / 46.719, -114.157 / 5,069 ft Fort Howes RAWSFHFM8 / 45.297, -106.162 / 3,363 ft French Creek Raws Near Dillon 15NwFCRM8 / 45.330, -112.913 / 7,323 ft Galena RAWSGAAM8 / 46.222, -112.229 / 6,463 ft Gate Park Raws Near Choteau 35WswGPKM8 / 47.790, -112.939 / 5,319 ft Ginger RAWSGINM8 / 46.329, -111.588 / 4,350 ft Gird Point RAWSGPRM8 / 46.193, -113.920 / 6,785 ft Gleason RAWSGSNM8 / 47.868, -112.668 / 5,157 ft Harvey Grouse RAWSHYGM8 / 46.664, -113.424 / 5,465 ft Hebgen Lake RAWSHBRM8 / 44.668, -111.101 / 6,683 ftrank2020of 954 Helena RAWSHRWM8 / 46.719, -112.002 / 3,780 ft Hillsboro RAWSHBOM8 / 45.104, -108.219 / 3,953 ft Horse Thief RAWSHORM8 / 46.426, -108.674 / 3,445 ft Hungry Horse RAWSHNYM8 / 48.385, -114.058 / 3,123 ft Jette RAWSJETM8 / 47.767, -114.235 / 3,635 ft Judith RAWSJPKM8 / 47.218, -109.223 / 6,351 ft Knowlton RAWSKTFM8 / 46.307, -105.030 / 3,310 ft Libby 17N - Big Creek Baldy RAWSBIFM8 / 48.633, -115.583 / 4,079 ft Libby RAWSLBBM8 / 48.383, -115.567 / 2,123 ft Lincoln RAWSLNCM8 / 46.968, -112.635 / 4,642 ft Litl Bullwhacker Ck RAWSLBCM8 / 47.814, -109.017 / 2,388 ft Little Big Horn RAWSLBHM8 / 45.570, -107.436 / 3,228 ft Little Rock Creek RAWSLRCM8 / 46.038, -114.263 / 5,495 ft Little Snowy RAWSLSNM8 / 46.751, -109.023 / 4,954 ft Main Boulder RAWSMBRM8 / 45.333, -110.217 / 7,769 ft Medicine Lake RAWSMLKM8 / 48.490, -104.476 / 1,969 ft Nine Mile RAWSNINM8 / 47.071, -114.402 / 3,307 ft Obrien Ridge RAWSOBRM8 / 46.001, -113.667 / 7,882 ft Philipsburg RAWSPHGM8 / 46.317, -113.300 / 5,236 ft Pine Hill RAWSPNHM8 / 46.777, -104.580 / 2,648 ft Pistol Creek RAWSPSTM8 / 47.217, -114.017 / 5,509 ft Plains RAWSPLAM8 / 47.450, -114.867 / 2,648 ft Point Six RAWSPNTM8 / 47.041, -113.986 / 7,856 ftrank2020of 954 Polebridge RAWSPOEM8 / 48.780, -114.267 / 3,675 ft Poplar 2E - RAWSPOPM8 / 48.127, -105.073 / 2,224 ft Porphyry Peak RAWSPHYM8 / 46.835, -110.718 / 8,074 ft Pryor Mtn RAWSPMRM8 / 45.337, -108.491 / 6,293 ft Ronan RAWSRONM8 / 47.883, -114.167 / 2,890 ftrank2020of 954 Seeley Lake RAWSSEEM8 / 47.183, -113.447 / 4,249 ft Shenango RAWSSGOM8 / 45.451, -111.219 / 6,850 ft Smiths Creek Raws Near Stevensville 8SwSMTM8 / 46.439, -114.227 / 5,750 ft Soda Butte RAWSSBYM8 / 45.012, -110.033 / 7,884 ft Soda Springs RAWSSDAM8 / 45.729, -108.397 / 3,963 ftrank2020of 954 South Fork Judith RAWSSFJM8 / 46.723, -110.406 / 6,263 ft Spotted Bear Lookout Raws Near Essex 28SseSPBM8 / 47.904, -113.439 / 7,113 ft St. Regis RAWSSTGM8 / 47.311, -115.110 / 2,753 ft Steamboat RAWSSTBM8 / 46.261, -108.100 / 3,783 ft Steele Creek RAWSSLCM8 / 45.605, -113.346 / 6,352 ft Stevensville RAWS NearSTVM8 / 46.513, -114.091 / 3,317 ft Stillwater RAWSSTWM8 / 48.539, -114.559 / 3,331 ftrank22of 954 Sula RAWSSUAM8 / 45.818, -113.953 / 4,816 ft Tepee Point RAWSTEPM8 / 45.934, -113.741 / 6,509 ft Thompson Falls RAWSTHAM8 / 47.581, -115.285 / 2,457 ft Timbercrest RAWSTCTM8 / 45.157, -109.361 / 6,788 ft Trout Creek RAWSTRCM8 / 47.867, -115.625 / 2,451 ft Troy RAWSTROM8 / 48.467, -115.917 / 2,897 ft West Fork RAWSWSFM8 / 45.818, -114.263 / 4,639 ft West Glacier RAWSWGRM8 / 48.511, -113.997 / 3,166 ft White Sulphur Springs RAWSWSRM8 / 46.534, -110.885 / 5,098 ft Wicked Creek RAWSWCRM8 / 45.271, -110.543 / 7,523 ft Wise River RAWSWRSM8 / 45.783, -112.933 / 6,086 ft Wolf Mountain RAWSWWMM8 / 45.313, -107.172 / 5,010 ft Yankee Flat RAWSYNKM8 / 46.163, -113.141 / 5,971 ft Yellow Mule RAWSYLWM8 / 45.167, -111.351 / 8,862 ft

Montana, live

3 alerts in force in Montana

High Wind Watch1

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Dense Fog Advisory2

What to do

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What stands in Montana

What the snow tracker reads here

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