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SPOT FORECAST FOR FLANDERS MTN SKIER...GALLATIN COUNTY SAR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
551 PM MDT MON MAY 18 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1800 MDT ON MAY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH CEILINGS OF AROUND 7,000 TO 9,000 FEET WILL
GRADUALLY DECREASE AS THE SUN STARTS TO SET. BEYOND 9 PM, MOSTLY CLEAR
SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT. WINDS WILL START OFF
OUT OF THE NORTH AND SHIFT TOWARDS THE WEST/SOUTHWEST AFTER SUNSET.
OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID TEENS ARE EXPECTED WITH A MINIMUM WIND CHILL
NEAR ZERO.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....13-18.
MAX HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH DECREASING TO
AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING, THEN SHIFTING
TO THE SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE EVENING INCREASING
TO AROUND 15 MPH OVERNIGHT.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........54 32 13 14 16 14 7 7 5 6 5 7
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............25 26 25 22 20 19 18 19 18 17 17 17
RH..............53 54 61 66 68 68 68 68 66 63 62 60
SURFACE WND DIR.NW N N NW SW W W SW SW SW SW SW
SURFACE WND SPD.15 10 10 5 5 10 15 15 15 15 15 15
SURFACE WND GST.20 15 10
FORECASTER...GLINSKAS
REQUESTED BY...GALLATIN COUNTY SAR COMMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 2613978.0/TFX
.DELDT 05/18/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL GALLATINSARCOMMS@GMAIL.COM,TFX.OPS@NOAA.GOV
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