Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Glasgow, MT
Issued by NWS Glasgow, MT
479 FXUS65 KGGW 102149 AFDGGW Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Glasgow MT 249 PM MST Mon Nov 10 2025 .DISCUSSION... KEY MESSAGES: - There is a brief chance of rain this evening. Then an overall ridging pattern will keep temperatures above average this week. - Next chance for rain or snow is Friday as an upper trough digs into the Pacific Northwest. WEATHER PATTERN OVERVIEW: A warm front today as allowed very warm temperatures to reach the ridgetops across the area, while valleys have struggled to warm up. A cold front with a chance of rain will move through tonight to bring temperatures down the next couple days. Regardless, temperatures are still expected to stay above average this week. Overall ridging will occur through Friday. There is an upper trough that will move into the western CONUS on Friday. FORECAST CONFIDENCE & DEVIATIONS: Main deviations were to adjust winds with a mix of NBM 90 and NBM for Day 1 and Day 2, and increase PoPs for this evening into the early overnight. There is high confidence in temperatures to be near and above normal through the end of the week. There is moderate confidence of rain showers occurring tonight and rainfall amounts being below 0.02 inches. There is low confidence on precipitation amounts on Friday onward. && .AVIATION... LAST UPDATE: 2000Z FLIGHT CAT RANGE: VFR DISCUSSION: A surface cold front will move through tonight to begin to clear mid to high level clouds southward out of the area. There is low to moderate (40 to 50 percent) confidence a rain showers occurring from 01Z to 09Z. There is high confidence that VFR conditions will remain in place through the TAF period. WIND: For KGGW and KOLF, west at 10 to 20 knots, decreasing to 5 to 10 knots after 01Z, becoming northwest at 10 to 20 knots after 17Z. For KSDY and KGDV, southwest at 10 to 20 knots, becoming west at 5 to 15 knots, becoming northwest at 10 to 20 knots after 17Z. LLWS: There is moderate to high confidence of westerly to northwesterly low level wind shear at all the terminals through 09Z tonight. EQUIPMENT: KOLF`s ASOS telecom circuit is down and can not be dialed into. Therefore, AMD NOT SKED for this TAF until repairs can be made. && .GGW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ weather.gov/glasgow