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Spot Forecast for Grotto Falls Ice Climber Fall...Gallatin County Sheriff SAR
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
505 PM MST Thu Jan 1 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 MST on January 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures will remain near freezing through the night and warm up into the
mid 30s tomorrow afternoon. Snow showers will continue to migrate up from the
south, reaching the incident location by 8 to 10 PM. Light snow will continue
through tomorrow morning with a total accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
Ceilings will start off at around 8,000 to 9,000 feet and drop to around 5,000
feet by 8 PM before dropping below 2,500 feet by midnight. Ceilings are
expected to start lifting tomorrow afternoon with ceilings above 9,000 feet
returning to the area by noon. Wind gusts are expected to stay below 25 mph,
however, a gust up to 30 mph cannot be ruled out this evening.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Slight chance of snow.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....42-47.
Min humidity........36-41 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds around 10 mph with gusts to
                    around 25 mph.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Chance of snow in the
                    evening, then snow likely overnight.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Min temperature.....27-32.
Max humidity........82-87 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph
                    in the evening.

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Forecaster...Glinskas
Requested by...Curtis DeVault
Type of request...SAR
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.DELDT 01/01/26
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.EMAIL gallatinsarcomms@gmail.com, tfx.ops@noaa.gov