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Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT
Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT
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392 FNUS75 KTFX 152018 FWSTFX Spot Forecast for Gallatin Canyon Climbing Rescue...Gallatin County SAR National Weather Service Great Falls MT 218 PM MDT Thu Aug 15 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1400 MDT on August 15. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... An upper level disturbance tracking across the Northern Rockies will allow for scattered afternoon showers and isolated thunderstorms. Erratic wind gusts and small hail, and lightning will be the primary concerns with thunderstorms that form this afternoon. Showers become more numerous this evening, with embedded thunderstorms keeping the lightning, gusty wind, and small hail threat around through at least 2200 hrs. Thereafter, a weakening trend looks to commence, with most, if not all showers diminishing by midnight tonight. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms after 1500 hrs. Chance of pcpn......40 percent. Max temperature.....79-84. Min humidity........24-29 percent. Surface winds (mph).Southwest wind around 10 mph. Gusty and erratic winds near thunderstorms. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Rain showers likely and chance of thunderstorms. Chance of pcpn......70 percent. Min temperature.....43-48. Max humidity........80-85 percent. Surface winds (mph).South winds up to 5 mph. Gusty and erratic winds near thunderstorms. $$ Forecaster...McDowell Requested by...Curtis DeVault Type of request...SAR .TAG 2420342.0/TFX .DELDT 08/15/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL gallatinsarcomms@gmail.com, tfx.ops@noaa.gov