Storm Station
Fortine, Montana
36° 62°/34°
Clear· Feels like 32°·Light breeze 4 mph S
Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. South southeast wind around 1 mph.
0UV Low
-Air quality
58%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:15 AM
36feels32
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
6234
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
7040
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
5840
13%
overcast
Wed
Sep 30
6543
21%
overcast
Thu
Oct 1
6638
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
7349
10%
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
6844
mostly clear day
36°
62°34°
70°40°
58°40°
65°43°
66°38°
73°49°
68°44°

As of 2:15 AM in Fortine, Montana.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Fortine, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Dickey Lake US-93 MP 160.2MTDKY

Beside a road/8.1 mi away/3,241 ft/129 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank595of 702

Stahl Peak SnotelSTAM8

A snow pillow on a mountain/9.9 mi away/6,030 ft/2,918 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank584of 702

measured daily2 instruments

Fortine 0.0 WMT-LN-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/2,965 ft/147 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Eureka Ranger StationERKM8

At a fire lookout or ranger station/11.0 mi away/2,635 ft/477 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Dickey Lake US-93 MP 160.2, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 8.1 mi from Fortine. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:00 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

31.0 F with a dew point of 29.7 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Dickey Lake US-93 MP 160.2: temperature 31.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 29.7, 95 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTDKYFIG. B THE AIR AT DICKEY LAKE US-93 MP 160.2THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 FSATURATES 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.4 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 31.0 F, 29.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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 POINTTITLEDickey Lake US-93 MP 160.2, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS MTDKYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MTDKY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (158 degrees) at 1 mph, gusting 4 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 5 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dickey Lake US-93 MP 160.2, north up: blowing from 158 degrees, the south southeast, at 1 miles an hour, gusting 4; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTDKYFIG. C THE WIND AT DICKEY LAKE US-93 MP 160.2PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 158°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDickey Lake US-93 MP 160.2, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS MTDKYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MTDKY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 3,241 ft above sea level, 11 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 26.58 inHg and the temperature at 47.4 F; it reports 31.0 F, 16.4 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Dickey Lake US-93 MP 160.2 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 3,241 feet above sea level with 11 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 26.58 inches of mercury, and temperature, 47.4 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTDKYFIG. D WHERE DICKEY LAKE US-93 MP 160.2 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 ATMOSPHEREDICKEY LAKE US-93 MP 160.211 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT3,241 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 HERE26.58 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE47.4 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED31.0 FTITLEDickey Lake US-93 MP 160.2, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS MTDKYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MTDKY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Dickey Lake US-93 MP 160.2, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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