Storm Station
Sleeping Buffalo, Montana
56°
Mostly clear· Feels like 56°·Moderate breeze 14 mph W
Mostly clear, with a low around 40. West wind 2 to 6 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
25%Humidity
35%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sleeping Buffalo, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Saco US-2 MP 502.5MTSCO

Beside a road/11.0 mi away/2,169 ft/88 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank595of 702

Malta Weather STNMWSM8

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.4 mi away/2,267 ft/10 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank349of 702

MaltaM75

At an airfield/19.2 mi away/2,242 ft/15 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank29of 702

measured daily2 instruments

Saco 1.4 NNEMT-PH-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.4 mi away/2,187 ft/70 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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MaltaMLAM8

At a cooperative observer's station/17.6 mi away/2,244 ft/13 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Malta, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.2 mi from Sleeping Buffalo. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:10 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 Malta, 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 M75FIG. A THE SKY OVER MALTASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMalta, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS M75TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-M75-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

39.2 F with a dew point of 37.4 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 Malta: temperature 39.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 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 M75FIG. B THE AIR AT MALTATHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.0 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 39.2 F, 37.4 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 POINTTITLEMalta, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS M75TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-M75-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (170 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at Malta, north up: blowing from 170 degrees, the south, 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 M75FIG. C THE WIND AT MALTAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 170°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMalta, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS M75TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-M75-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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