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MONTANA · LINCOLN COUNTY

Stryker

25 people, 3,310 ft above sea level in Lincoln County.

3,310 ftElevation, city center
25People, 2024 estimate
1 sq miLand area
Sunny 33°
Sunny now Dew point 32° · Calm · high 42°
City of Stryker River Interstate 2 miles
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The Stryker plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Stryker

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 11:00 AM MST
RIGHT NOW Glacier Park International Airport (KGPI) · 11:55 AM
Sunny
33° Sunny Feels like 33° · high of 42° near 3 PM
WindCalmno gusts
Humidity96%falling to 82% this afternoon
Pressure29.81 in →steady
Visibility8 mihazy
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 32° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Tomorrow, about 6 PMin about 30 hours · 43% chance · rain
LIKELY AMOUNT0–0.1 inmost likely 0.02; 1 in 10 over 0.2
LAST RAINNov. 100.1 in · 4 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Lincoln County
NWS Missoula and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 12:16 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:46 AM5:01 PM ↓
9 h 15 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 25% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
21
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
SATURDAY, NOV. 14
SUNDAY, NOV. 15
MONDAY, NOV. 16
TUESDAY, NOV. 17
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 29 to 39°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 40° / 24°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
42° 28°
10% rain — S 7 A
SUN Nov. 15 Chance of showers Chance of showers
47° 32°
40% rain up to 0.1″ S 4 B
MON Nov. 16 Chance of showers Chance of showers
43° 28°
60% rain 0.02–0.1″ SSW 2 B
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
39° 23°
20% rain — WSW 5 B
WED Nov. 18 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
38° 23°
10% rain — N 5 B
THU Nov. 19 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
39° 23°
20% rain — N 5 B
FRI Nov. 20 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
38° 22°
10% rain — SE 5 B
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Stryker about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Pacific north of Hawaii three days ago, and over British Columbia a day ago, about 1,400 miles back along its path. It came down from about 13,200 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from the Pacific Northwest; at 10,000 feet, from the Pacific north of Hawaii. It feels dry all the same. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Stryker stands on

Stryker’s center stands about 3,310 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 3,200 ft to 5,790 ft, a difference of 2,590 ft: mountain country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Nasukoin Mountain, about 8,020 ft, 12 miles northeast.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Ravalli Group: St. Regis, Revett, and Burke Formations; or Empire and Grinnell Formations; or Empire and Spokane Formations (quartzite, argillite, metasiltstone), from the Mesoproterozoic, 1 to 1.6 billion years old.

The section below crosses 3 rock units mapped at the surface.

Stryker, cut in half from southwest to northeast

A section southwest to northeast, 24 miles through the town center
3,000 ft4,000 ft5,000 ft6,000 ft7,000 ft STRYKER3,310 ftHerrig Mountain7,250 ftNasukoin Mountain8,020 ft ← SWNE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 5×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Piegan Group: Helena and Wallace Formations

Quartzite, metasiltstone, argillite. Age: Mesoproterozoic, 1 to 1.6 billion years old. About 18 mi of the line.

Ravalli Group: St. Regis, Revett, and Burke Formations; or Empire and Grinnell Formations; or Empire and Spokane Formations

Quartzite, argillite, metasiltstone. Age: Mesoproterozoic, 1 to 1.6 billion years old. About 5 mi of the line.

Lower Missoula Group: Shepard and Snowslip Formations; or Shepard Formation and unresolved Snowslip Formation equivalent

Metasiltstone, argillite. Age: Mesoproterozoic, 1 to 1.6 billion years old. About 0.7 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Stryker’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Stryker reaches the Pacific Ocean by way of the Stillwater, the Flathead, the Clark Fork, the Pend Oreille and the Columbia: about 1,150 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Stryker≈ 1,150 mi · the Pacific Ocean
FROM THE CENTER OF STRYKER ≈ 1,150 mi to the Pacific Ocean Stillwater → Flathead → Clark Fork → Pend Oreille → Columbia

Lakes on the way: Flathead Lake, Lake Pend Oreille, Lake Umatilla and Noxon Rapids Reservoir.

460 miles of the trip are on the Columbia.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Stryker; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Stryker on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Kalispell MT · 37 MI 37 miles southeast Coeur d'Alene ID · 115 MI 115 miles southwest Post Falls ID · 120 MI 120 miles southwest Missoula MT · 129 MI 129 miles south Great Falls MT · 179 MI 179 miles southeast
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MONTANA · LINCOLN

Stryker

25 people, 3,310 ft above sea level in Lincoln County.

3,310 ftElevation
25People
1 sq miLand
Sunny 33°
SunnyDew point 32°
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Today in Stryker

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy day 40° 12%
3p mostly cloudy day 42° 2%
6p partly cloudy night 40° 1%
9p mostly clear night 37° 1%
12a partly cloudy night 34° 1%
3a partly cloudy night 32° 2%
Rain
NEXT RAINTomorrow about 6 PM · 43%
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Sat10%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
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Sun40%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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47
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Mon60%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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Tue20%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
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Wed10%
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Thu20%
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Fri10%
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Stryker stands on

Stryker’s center stands about 3,310 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 3,200 ft to 5,790 ft, a difference of 2,590 ft: mountain country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Nasukoin Mountain, about 8,020 ft, 12 miles northeast.

Stryker, southwest to northeast Stryker3,310 ftNasukoin Mountain8,020 ft ← SWNE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 9×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center3,310 ft
Within 3 miles3,200 to 5,790 ft
Lie of the landMountainous (2,590 ft of relief)
High point nearbyNasukoin Mountain, 8,020 ft, 12 mi northeast
Rock at the surfaceRavalli Group: St. Regis, Revett, and Burke Formations; or Empire and Grinnell Formations; or Empire and Spokane Formations
Its ageMesoproterozoic, 1 to 1.6 billion years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 1,150 mito the Pacific OceanStillwater → Flathead → Clark Fork → Pend Oreille → Columbia

A raindrop that lands in Stryker reaches the Pacific Ocean by way of the Stillwater, the Flathead, the Clark Fork, the Pend Oreille and the Columbia: about 1,150 river miles.

Lakes on the way: Flathead Lake, Lake Pend Oreille, Lake Umatilla and Noxon Rapids Reservoir.

460 miles of the trip are on the Columbia.