Storm Station
Culbertson, Montana
50°
Mostly clear· Feels like 47°·Light breeze 6 mph W
Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. North northeast wind around 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
56%Humidity
28%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Culbertson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Sioux Pass MT-16 MP 21MTSOO

Beside a road/18.0 mi away/2,434 ft/500 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank642of 702

Medicine Lake RAWSMLKM8

A remote fire weather station/23.8 mi away/1,969 ft/35 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank203of 702

Wolf Point 29 ENE94060

At a climate reference station/28.8 mi away/2,085 ft/151 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

SidneyS2120

At a soil climate station/28.9 mi away/2,274 ft/340 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

PoplarPO1

At an airfield/29.7 mi away/2,024 ft/90 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank455of 702

measured daily2 instruments

CulberstonCULM8

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/1,932 ft/2 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Froid 0.1NMT-RT-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.2 mi away/2,026 ft/92 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Poplar, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 29.7 mi from Culbertson. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:50 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 Poplar, 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 PO1FIG. A THE SKY OVER POPLARSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPoplar, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PO1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PO1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

42.8 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Poplar: temperature 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PO1FIG. B THE AIR AT POPLARTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.2 FTEMPERATURE 42.8 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLEPoplar, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PO1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PO1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Poplar, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PO1FIG. C THE WIND AT POPLARPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPoplar, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PO1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PO1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Culberston (CULM8), 0.4 miles from here, read 21 Sep, 18:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Montana

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Near Culbertson

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