Beside a road/7.2 mi away/3,009 ft/19 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Now. Whitefish Lake State Park is 48° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 41° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 56): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 71°, and the coolest Sunday, near 46°. Rain is likely Saturday (51%). Rain is possible Sunday (39%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 28°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waning crescent, 23% lit, and rises at 2:51 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. Look for Saturn, bright in the southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 27 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Whitefish Lake State Park, Montana.
Air quality
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Flathead Valley (MT), 9 miles off.
Yesterday measured 48, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Wed 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Mon 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Wed 6 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Whitefish Lake State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Beside a road/7.2 mi away/3,009 ft/19 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
KalispellGPI
At an airfield/9.8 mi away/2,979 ft/49 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Stillwater RAWSSTWM8
A remote fire weather station/11.5 mi away/3,331 ft/303 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.1 mi away/3,711 ft/683 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Whitefish 0.4 NEMT-FH-31
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/3,061 ft/33 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Kalispell 9 NNEKSPM8
At a cooperative observer's station/9.8 mi away/2,963 ft/65 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.