Plentywood, MT Weather

Sheridan County4:58 AM MDT48.77°N, 104.56°WElevation 2,047 ft

Current conditions

Clear
43°
Clear
Feels like 39°
High 64°·Low 38° tonight
WindSSE 6 mph
Humidity76%
Dew point36°
Pressure30.00 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover23%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:27 AM
Sunset6:01 PM

Observed at Sher-Wood Airport · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day
  • Overnight

    Mostly clear, with a low around 38. Southeast wind 3 to 8 mph.

  • Tuesday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. North wind 1 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

  • Tuesday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 32. North northeast wind 3 to 10 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 3 hrs ago.

  1. Now Mostly Clear 39°
  2. 5 AM Mostly Clear 38°
  3. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 38°
  4. 7 AM Partly Sunny 38°
  5. 8 AM Partly Sunny 38°
  6. 9 AM Mostly Sunny 41°
  7. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 48°
  8. 11 AM Mostly Sunny 54°
  9. 12 PM Mostly Sunny 59°
  10. 1 PM Mostly Sunny 62°
  11. 2 PM Mostly Sunny 63°
  12. 3 PM Sunny 64°
  13. 4 PM Sunny 62°
  14. 5 PM Sunny 61°
  15. 6 PM Mostly Clear 56°
  16. 7 PM Partly Cloudy 49°
  17. 8 PM Partly Cloudy 46°
  18. 9 PM Partly Cloudy 44°
  19. 10 PM Partly Cloudy 41°
  20. 11 PM Partly Cloudy 40°
  21. Wed12 AM Mostly Clear 38°
  22. 1 AM Mostly Clear 37°
  23. 2 AM Mostly Clear 36°
  24. 3 AM Mostly Clear 35°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 19 Mostly Clear Mostly Clear38°
  2. TodayOct 20 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny32°64°
  3. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny43°62°
  4. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny47°71°
  5. FriOct 23 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain76%35°70°
  6. SatOct 24 Slight Chance Light Rain then Mostly Cloudy Slight Chance Light Rain then Mostly Cloudy20%25°46°
  7. SunOct 25 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny24°44°
  8. MonOct 26 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny44°
  9. TueOct 27 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy29°48°
  10. WedOct 28 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny32°51°

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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Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:27 AM
Sunset 6:01 PM
Daylight 10 h 33 min (−3 min 25 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 67% lit
Moonrise 3:46 PM Moonset 12:55 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in GGW, issued 6 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Dry weather conditions will continue along with seasonable temperatures through the midweek.

- Precipitation chances look to increase late Thursday night into Friday.

- Cooler and drier weather expected for the weekend.

Discussion

Gusty southeast winds that had preceded the approaching upper ridge have diminished across the area allowing the Lake Wind Advisory that had been in effect across Fort Peck Lake to expire on time. Next, attention focuses on seasonably warm and dry weather as the ridge translates east through the midweek across NE Montana. High temperatures will peak on Thursday as the ridge axis begins to push downstream of the CWA.

Meanwhile, a deepening upper level trough will send southerly upper level flow across the region as a surface cold front slides through Thursday night and Friday. As Pacific moisture advances ahead of this trough, rain chances will increase behind the front Thursday night into Friday before shifting east by Saturday morning. Current ensemble means depict a quarter to a half of an inch over the CWA with lesser amounts toward Wibaux.

Look for drier albeit far cooler weather conditions for the weekend behind the departing system.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE & DEVIATIONS:

NBM held the line this forecast cycle capturing large scale trends in the short to medium term efficiently given the benign weather expected with the upper level ridge. Confidence continues to increase on precipitation chances by Friday, though details on precipitation timing and placement as well as specific amounts will come into focus as the event heads into the short term and is better resolved by high resolution models.

Aviation

LAST UPDATED: Tuesday October 20, 2026 at 0400Z.

FLIGHT CAT RANGE: VFR.

DISCUSSION: Upper ridging will guide seasonably mild and dry conditions through the midweek.

WIND: Light and variable winds will become north to northeast at 5 to 9 kts after 18Z Tuesday.

LLWS: Low level wind shear is possible Tuesday morning near KSDY and KGDV but should diminish during the afternoon.

Ggw Watches

None.

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