Storm Station
Yaak, Montana
41°
Mostly clear· Feels like 41°·Calm 1 mph W
Patchy fog after 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Wind around 0 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
70%Humidity
15%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Yaak, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Yaak(Upper Ford)YKAM8

At a river or reservoir gauge/6.0 mi away/3,022 ft/24 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank214of 702

Yaak Hill US-2 MP 4.8MTYAK

Beside a road/21.6 mi away/2,280 ft/766 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank690of 702

measured daily2 instruments

Yaak 0.3 WMT-LN-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/3,005 ft/41 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Yaak 9NNEYAKM8

At a cooperative observer's station/8.7 mi away/3,104 ft/58 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Yaak(Upper Ford), drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 6.0 mi from Yaak. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:06 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

29.0 F with a dew point of 28.5 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Yaak(Upper Ford): temperature 29.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.5, 98 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT YKAM8FIG. B THE AIR AT YAAK(UPPER FORD)THE 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 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.3 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 29.0 F, 28.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLEYaak(Upper Ford), the airSTATION REPORT · DCP YKAM8TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-YKAM8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Yaak(Upper Ford), 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 YKAM8FIG. C THE WIND AT YAAK(UPPER FORD)PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEYaak(Upper Ford), the windSTATION REPORT · DCP YKAM8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-YKAM8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 3,022 ft above sea level, 10 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 26.79 inHg and the temperature at 48.2 F; it reports 29.0 F, 19.2 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Yaak(Upper Ford) stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 3,022 feet above sea level with 10 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 26.79 inches of mercury, and temperature, 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT YKAM8FIG. D WHERE YAAK(UPPER FORD) 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 ATMOSPHEREYAAK(UPPER FORD)10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT3,022 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 HERE26.79 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE48.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED29.0 FTITLEYaak(Upper Ford), the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP YKAM8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-YKAM8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Yaak(Upper Ford), in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Yaak 9NNE (YAKM8), 8.7 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 20:12. measured daily

Elsewhere in Montana

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Near Yaak

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