West Kootenai, Montana Weather
West Kootenai, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for West Kootenai, Lincoln County.
Full aviation weather for West Kootenai is published on the Troy Airport (K57S) page, 74 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Conditions reported at K57S describe the airfield itself. Weather 74 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at West Kootenai specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for West Kootenai.
About West Kootenai, Montana
West Kootenai unfolds as a vast canvas of rugged beauty, where the shoulders of mountains, cloaked in evergreen, meet the wide, pale sky. It lies 67.0 miles north-west of Kalispell, MT (from Kalispell, MT: bearing 323°T), and is situated 9.1 miles north-west of Eureka. The landscape here is a raw testament to the forces that shaped it, a symphony of granite and timber, of plunging valleys and the patient work of water carving its way through stone. Sunlight, when it finds its way through the dense canopy of fir and pine, falls in shafts of molten gold onto the uneven ground, illuminating the rich, dark loam beneath. The air itself carries a scent of damp earth and resin, a clean, sharp fragrance that speaks of wildness and enduring seasons. This is a place etched by a history of hardy endeavor, where the echoes of logging and mining still hum beneath the surface of everyday life. The local economy, once driven by the extraction of timber and ore, now finds a gentler rhythm in the cultivation of the land and a burgeoning tourism that draws seekers of untamed landscapes. Streams, born from snowmelt high in the surrounding peaks, tumble down with a persistent, murmuring song, feeding the larger rivers that snake through the valleys, their waters a cool, clear invitation. The character of West Kootenai is one of quiet resilience, a community that understands the power and the indifference of nature, and has learned to live in its grand, unyielding presence.
Live animated radar for West Kootenai and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | West Kootenai, Lincoln County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 48.962233°N, 115.210426°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59930 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This West Kootenai, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Kootenai, Montana, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for West Kootenai includes coordinates 48.962233°N, 115.210426°W, situated in Lincoln County. ZIP code 59930. Telephone area code: 406. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
