Whitefish, MT Weather

Flathead County5:19 AM MDT48.41°N, 114.34°WElevation 3,028 ft

Current conditions

Clear
34°
Clear
Feels like 34°
High 64°·Low 37° tonight
WindCalm
Humidity93%
Dew point32°
Pressure30.09 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover66%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise8:05 AM
Sunset6:40 PM

Observed at Kalispell, Glacier Park International Airport · 44 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Overnight

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Northwest wind around 2 mph.

  • Tuesday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. North northwest wind around 2 mph.

  • Tuesday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 34. North northwest wind around 1 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 3 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Cloudy 39°
  2. 6 AM Partly Sunny 39°
  3. 7 AM Partly Sunny 37°
  4. 8 AM Partly Sunny 37°
  5. 9 AM Partly Sunny 39°
  6. 10 AM Sunny 45°
  7. 11 AM Sunny 50°
  8. 12 PM Sunny 54°
  9. 1 PM Sunny 59°
  10. 2 PM Sunny 62°
  11. 3 PM Sunny 63°
  12. 4 PM Sunny 64°
  13. 5 PM Sunny 63°
  14. 6 PM Mostly Clear 61°
  15. 7 PM Mostly Clear 57°
  16. 8 PM Mostly Clear 50°
  17. 9 PM Mostly Clear 47°
  18. 10 PM Mostly Clear 44°
  19. 11 PM Mostly Clear 42°
  20. Wed12 AM Mostly Clear 41°
  21. 1 AM Mostly Clear 39°
  22. 2 AM Mostly Clear 38°
  23. 3 AM Mostly Clear 38°
  24. 4 AM Mostly Clear 36°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 19 Mostly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy37°
  2. TodayOct 20 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny34°64°
  3. WedOct 21 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny36°64°
  4. ThuOct 22 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny79%39°64°
  5. FriOct 23 Light Rain Light Rain83%28°51°
  6. SatOct 24 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny27%27°48°
  7. SunOct 25 Slight Chance Light Snow Slight Chance Light Snow22%24°47°
  8. MonOct 26 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny14%49°
  9. TueOct 27 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy38°56°
  10. WedOct 28 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny38°58°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

52
Moderate
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Flathead Valley, MT reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 8:05 AM
Sunset 6:40 PM
Daylight 10 h 34 min (−3 min 22 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 68% lit
Moonrise 4:25 PM Moonset 1:37 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low52° / 28°
Record high77° (2023)
Record low16° (1982)
Wettest0.88 in (1921)
Month to date0.07 in (normal 0.75 in)

Kalispell Glacier Airport, records since 1896. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in MSO, issued 2 hrs ago

Discussion

KEY MESSAGES:

- Mild day-time temperatures through Thursday.

- Patchy valley fog around sunrise each morning.

- Significant change coming Friday into the weekend.

A broad ridge of high pressure will continue to bring mild day- time temperatures across the Northern Rockies through Thursday. Stable conditions under the ridge are promoting the development of valley inversions and cold air pools, with observations the last few days suggesting high temperatures are struggling to reach their full warming potential. High cloud cover this morning into the early afternoon will limit solar heating, with temperatures feeling sluggish to warm until inversions weaken by mid-late afternoon. High clouds will generally decrease late afternoon as well, with plenty of sunshine for those looking to get outdoors.

Model guidance continues to advertise a significant change, as a trough and surface cold front tracks across the region Thursday night into Friday. The front will bring wind gusts of around 20 mph in Idaho and 20-35 mph across most of western Montana on Friday. Atmospheric moisture with this system will move northward the Great Basin, with precipitation focusing along and south of the I-90 corridor and along the Continental Divide in northwest Montana. The majority of the precipitation will fall within the warm sector of the trough, ahead of the approaching cold front, limiting the potential for winter weather impacts. Snow levels will fall to around 5,000 ft Friday and lower over the weekend as shower activity begins to decrease. Therefore, forecast snow amounts across the region are generally less than an inch, and mostly above 5,000 ft. The exception of course is the higher elevations of Flathead National Forest and Glacier National Park, which will likely pick up several inches of snow this weekend.

Aviation

Stable conditions will continue today under a ridge of high pressure. Valley inversions and cold air pools will set the stage for areas of valley fog, particularly near large bodies of water and river systems. The primary period to watch will be from 20/1200-1500Z, including Terminal KMSO. Fog can not be ruled out at KGPI as well, but the probability of impacts is less than 10 percent as high cloud cover has reduced overnight cooling.

Mso Watches

MT...None. ID...None.

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