Storm Station
Fishtail, Montana
53°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 53°·Light air 4 mph N
Partly cloudy. Low around 42, with temperatures rising to around 44 overnight. Southeast wind around 2 mph.
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36Air quality
48%Humidity
54%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fishtail, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

FishtailFSLM8

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.4 mi away/4,770 ft/282 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank102of 702

Roscoe Hill MT-78 MP 18.8MTROH

Beside a road/7.9 mi away/5,335 ft/847 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank595of 702

Big Timber6S0

At an airfield/33.4 mi away/4,475 ft/13 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank701of 702

measured daily2 instruments

FishtailFSTM8

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/4,455 ft/33 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Reed Point 5 SEMT-SW-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.1 mi away/3,826 ft/662 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Fishtail, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 3.4 mi from Fishtail. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 1:22 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 28.2 F, 46 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fishtail: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.2, 46 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSLM8FIG. B THE AIR AT FISHTAILTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 4,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 24.1 FTEMPERATURE 48.0 FDEW POINT 28.2 FSPREAD 19.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 46 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 POINTTITLEFishtail, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP FSLM8TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FSLM8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Fishtail, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSLM8FIG. C THE WIND AT FISHTAILPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFishtail, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP FSLM8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FSLM8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 4,770 ft above sea level, 16 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.11 inHg and the temperature at 42.0 F; it reports 48.0 F, 6.0 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Fishtail stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 4,770 feet above sea level with 16 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 25.11 inches of mercury, and temperature, 42.0 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSLM8FIG. D WHERE FISHTAIL STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFISHTAIL16 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT4,770 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE25.11 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE42.0 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED48.0 FTITLEFishtail, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP FSLM8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FSLM8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Fishtail, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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