Storm Station
Lonepine, Montana
43°
Clear· Feels like 42°·Light air 3 mph W
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. North northwest wind around 1 mph.
-UV
36Air quality
46%Humidity
9%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lonepine, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Hot SpringsHOTM8

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.9 mi away/2,989 ft/132 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank66of 702

Elmo US-93 MP 77.5MTELM

Beside a road/16.3 mi away/2,910 ft/53 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank642of 702

PlainsS34

At an airfield/19.9 mi away/2,454 ft/403 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank6of 702

measured daily2 instruments

Plains 5.2 NMT-SN-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.1 mi away/2,894 ft/37 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Polson Kerr DamKERM8

At a dam/18.7 mi away/2,733 ft/124 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Plains, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.9 mi from Lonepine. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:15 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 Plains, 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 S34FIG. A THE SKY OVER PLAINSSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPlains, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS S34TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-S34-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

35.6 F with a dew point of 33.8 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Plains: temperature 35.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.8, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S34FIG. B THE AIR AT PLAINSTHE 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 F50 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.4 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 35.6 F, 33.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEPlains, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS S34TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-S34-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Plains, 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 S34FIG. C THE WIND AT PLAINSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPlains, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS S34TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-S34-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Polson Kerr Dam (KERM8), 18.7 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 18:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Montana

20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Lonepine

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