Storm Station
Basin, Montana
49°
Mostly clear· Feels like 45°·Light breeze 7 mph W
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. South wind around 1 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
33%Humidity
24%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Basin, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Galena RAWSGAAM8

A remote fire weather station/3.9 mi away/6,463 ft/1,108 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank204of 702

Boulder Hill I-15 MP 170.9MTBOU

Beside a road/10.0 mi away/5,607 ft/252 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank593of 702

Butte/Bert MooneyBTM

At an airfield/24.7 mi away/5,545 ft/190 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank13of 702

measured daily2 instruments

Boulder 0.3 EMT-JF-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.7 mi away/4,904 ft/451 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

BoulderBOUM8

At a cooperative observer's station/7.8 mi away/4,888 ft/467 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Butte/Bert Mooney, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.7 mi from Basin. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:53 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 Butte/Bert Mooney, 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 BTMFIG. A THE SKY OVER BUTTE/BERT MOONEYSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEButte/Bert Mooney, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BTMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BTM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

31.0 F with a dew point of 24.0 F, 75 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Butte/Bert Mooney: temperature 31.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 24.0, 75 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BTMFIG. B THE AIR AT BUTTE/BERT MOONEYTHE 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 F40 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 22.5 FTEMPERATURE 31.0 FDEW POINT 24.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 75 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 POINTTITLEButte/Bert Mooney, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BTMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BTM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (140 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Butte/Bert Mooney, north up: blowing from 140 degrees, the southeast, 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 BTMFIG. C THE WIND AT BUTTE/BERT MOONEYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 140°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEButte/Bert Mooney, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BTMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BTM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Butte/Bert Mooney, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Boulder (BOUM8), 7.8 miles from here, read 22 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Montana

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Near Basin

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.