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Spot Forecast for Storm Castle Lost Person...Gallatin County SAR
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
1211 AM MDT Fri Jul 24 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0000 MDT on July 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

A line of thunderstorms is expected to pass through to the north
by Bozeman between 1:15 and 1:45 AM with direct impacts to the SAR
site not expected. While ceilings may briefly lower as the line
passes through, skies are expected to clear out behind the storms
and remain mostly cloud-free through the night. Otherwise patchy
smoke aloft may reduce slantwise visibility at times through
the night. Winds will generally remain light through the night,
gradually increasing after sunrise.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent). Patchy smoke
                    after 3 am.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....56-61.
Max humidity........53-58 percent.
Surface winds (mph).South winds around 5 mph.

TIME (MDT)      MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........37  29  18  16  16  13
Weather cov.....            PTY PTY
Weather type....            SMK SMK
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  0   0   0   0
Temp............62  62  61  60  59  59
RH..............54  56  57  58  58  57
Surface wnd dir.SW  S   S   S   S   S
Surface wnd spd.5   5   5   5   5   5
Surface wnd gst.10  10  10  10  15  15

$$
Forecaster...Glinskas
Requested by...Gallatin County SAR Comms
Type of request...SAR
.TAG 2618102.0/TFX
.DELDT 07/24/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL gallatinsarcomms@gmail.com, tfx.ops@noaa.gov