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Spot Forecast for M-Trail_Overdue_Hikers...Gallatin County SAR
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
828 AM MDT Sun Jul 20 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 MDT on July 20.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Winds will remain out of the west/southwest for most of the day with
a gradual shift to the north after 7 PM. Isolated to scattered showers
and thunderstorms will be a concern this afternoon particularly
between 3 PM and 8 PM with strong winds and lighting the main impacts.
Scattered to broken ceilings between 8-10,000 feet are expected to move
in by 1 PM and persist through at least 8 PM.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy in the afternoon with a slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms.
Chance of pcpn......25 percent.
Chance of lightning.25 percent.
Max temperature.....69-74.
Min humidity........25-30 percent.
Surface winds (mph).West winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25
                    mph. Shifting to the north at 5 to 10 mph this
evening.
Ridgetop winds(mph).Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 30
mph.

$$
Forecaster...Glinskas
Requested by...Curtis DeVault
Type of request...SAR
.TAG 2518304.0/TFX
.DELDT 07/20/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL gallatinsarcomms@gmail.com, tfx.ops@noaa.gov