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Spot Forecast for Columbus SAR...Stillwater County
National Weather Service Billings MT
642 PM MDT Wed Jul 3 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 MDT on July 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

30 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms through midnight,
20 percent chance of showers overnight. Fog development may occur
after 2am along the river (30% chance), lasting through the early
morning hours until around 9am. Low temperatures will get into the
upper 40s tonight. Mostly sunny with another round of scattered
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon Thursday. NW winds will
gust to 25 mph in the afternoon.

The Yellowstone river is currently running around 8.9kcfs at Columbus.
Forecast is for a slow decrease over the next 24-48 hours. The
current is running at an estimated 3.5 mph on the Yellowstone
river @ Columbus. Chambers


.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms in the evening. 15 percent chance
                    of showers overnight. 30 percent chance for fog
                    along the river after 2am.
Min temperature.....46-50.
Surface winds (mph).Northwest winds 6 to 12 mph. Gusts to 35 mph near
                    thunderstorms through late evening.

.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. 30 percent chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon. 30 percent chance
                    of fog along the river until 9am.
Max temperature.....74-78.
Surface winds (mph).Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph, with gusts to 25 mph
                    in the afternoon. Gusts to 40 mph near
                    thunderstorms.

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Forecaster...Chambers
Requested by...David Stamey
Type of request...SAR
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.EMAIL dstamey@stillwatercountymt.gov