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Spot Forecast for Sage Creek SAR Misson...Gallatin County Sheriff SAR
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
825 AM MDT Mon Oct 27 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 MDT on October 27.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Snow showers this morning look to subside late morning. Daytime
heating will result in additional snow showers in the area this afternoon
and early evening before subsiding this evening. A persistent
west to northwest wind looks to be in place through the day today,
gusting up to around 30 mph or so at times. Low clouds will be
around at times today, with cloud cover diminishing tonight.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Chance of snow
                    showers late in the morning. Slight chance of
                    snow showers late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....21-26.
Min humidity........61-66 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Northwest winds around 15 mph with gusts to
                    around 30 mph.

TIME (MDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........75  69  62  56  57  63  64  70  65
Weather cov.....CHC CHC             SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....SW  SW              SW  SW  SW  SW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).30  15  0   10  10  20  20  20  20
Temp............17  17  18  19  20  21  22  21  20
RH..............91  85  80  73  73  69  68  67  66
Surface wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  W   NW  W   W   W
Surface wnd spd.15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15
Surface wnd gst.30  30  30  25  30  30  25  25  25

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....7-12.
Max humidity........72-77 percent.
Surface winds (mph).West winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph
                    early in the evening.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........51  31  17  17  18  18  13  19  15  18  22  25
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............18  15  15  13  13  13  11  11  11  11  11  11
RH..............68  70  68  70  71  72  72  74  74  77  73  74
Surface wnd dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Surface wnd spd.10  10  10  10  10  10  10  5   5   5   5   5
Surface wnd gst.25  20  20  15  15  15  15  15  15  10  10  10

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....24-29.
Min humidity........44-49 percent.
Surface winds (mph).West winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    southwest in the late morning and afternoon.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........27  27  18  8   8   7   5   5   5   3   3   3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............11  10  9   12  16  18  21  23  25  26  25  22
RH..............74  77  77  77  69  64  59  54  50  49  53  58
Surface wnd dir.W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Surface wnd spd.5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Surface wnd gst.10  10  10  10  10  10  15  15  15  15  15  15

$$
Forecaster...McDowell
Requested by...Matt Boxmeyer
Type of request...SAR
.TAG 2524539.0/TFX
.DELDT 10/27/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL gallatinsarcomms@gmail.com, tfx.ops@noaa.gov