Storm Station
Medicine Lake, Montana
54°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 54°·Gentle breeze 10 mph W
Mostly clear, with a low around 42. West northwest wind around 9 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
28%Humidity
47%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Medicine Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Medicine Lake RAWSMLKM8

A remote fire weather station/1.5 mi away/1,969 ft/9 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank202of 702

Plentywood Sher-WoodPWD

At an airfield/19.9 mi away/2,231 ft/271 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank454of 702

Wolf Point 29 ENE94060

At a climate reference station/30.6 mi away/2,085 ft/125 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Medicine Lake 3 SeMDCM8

At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/1,955 ft/5 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Homestead 3.8 ESEMT-SH-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.1 mi away/2,090 ft/130 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Plentywood Sher-Wood, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.9 mi from Medicine Lake. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:35 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 Plentywood Sher-Wood, 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 PWDFIG. A THE SKY OVER PLENTYWOOD SHER-WOODSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPlentywood Sher-Wood, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PWDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PWD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

42.8 F with a dew point of 28.4 F, 56 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Plentywood Sher-Wood: temperature 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.4, 56 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PWDFIG. B THE AIR AT PLENTYWOOD SHER-WOODTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.4 FTEMPERATURE 42.8 FDEW POINT 28.4 FSPREAD 14.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 56 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 POINTTITLEPlentywood Sher-Wood, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PWDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PWD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Plentywood Sher-Wood, north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PWDFIG. C THE WIND AT PLENTYWOOD SHER-WOODPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPlentywood Sher-Wood, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PWDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PWD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Plentywood Sher-Wood, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Montana

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

Near Medicine Lake

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