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Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT
Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT
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Spot Forecast for Gunsight SAR...Glacier National Park
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
500 PM MDT Mon Jul 14 2025
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 MDT on July 14.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
...Summer storm through early Tuesday afternoon...
.DISCUSSION...
A summer storm will affect Glacier Park starting this evening and
continuing through early Tuesday afternoon. Total rainfall of 1
to 3 inches is expected tonight thru Tuesday. Snow levels could be
as low as 8500 feet by Tuesday morning. Snow accumulations of 1 to
2 inches are possible above 9000 feet.
Expect low ceilings/fog through Tuesday afternoon. Clearing should
occur on Tue evening, but it is very likely that some fog could
develop by Wed morning.
.REST OF TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Rain showers likely
and chance of thunderstorms early in the
evening.
Chance of pcpn......90 percent.
Min temperature.....43-48.
Surface winds (mph).Northeast winds around 15 mph. Gusts up to 30
mph increasing to 35 mph in the late evening
and overnight.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........96 96 96 94 96 97 98 94 96 95 97 97
Weather cov.....LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).60 70 70 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
Temp............58 54 50 48 46 46 45 45 45 45 45 45
Surface wnd dir.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Surface wnd spd.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
Surface wnd gst.25 25 30 30 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Rain showers and
slight chance of thunderstorms.
Chance of pcpn......90 percent.
Max temperature.....50-55.
Surface winds (mph).Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 35
mph in the morning.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........94 96 95 92 92 93 92 92 92 90 90 90
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).90 90 90 90 90 90 80 60 60 60 60 60
Temp............45 45 45 47 47 48 49 50 50 51 51 50
Surface wnd dir.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E
Surface wnd spd.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10
Surface wnd gst.35 35 35 30 30 30 25 25 25 25 25 25
.TUESDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Chance of rain
showers in the evening. Chance for fog by
morning.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Min temperature.....39-44.
Surface winds (mph).East winds 5 to 10 mph.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........88 88 88 71 55 53 50 50 50 41 41 41
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).30 30 30 30 30 30 10 10 10 10 10 10
Temp............50 51 50 48 45 45 44 43 42 42 41 41
Surface wnd dir.E E E NE E E E E E E E E
Surface wnd spd.10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Surface wnd gst.20 20 20 20 20 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....65-70.
Surface winds (mph).Southeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the
south in the afternoon.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........48 48 48 28 28 28 23 23 23 20 20 20
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Temp............41 43 46 49 53 57 61 64 65 66 67 67
Surface wnd dir.E E E SE SE SE S S S S S S
Surface wnd spd.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Surface wnd gst.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
$$
Forecaster...Brusda
Requested by...Ranger Micah Alley
Type of request...SAR
.TAG 2518008.0/TFX
.DELDT 07/14/25
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.EMAIL glac_dispatch@nps.gov