Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Glasgow, MT
Issued by NWS Glasgow, MT
361 FXUS65 KGGW 022307 AFDGGW Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Glasgow MT 407 PM MST Sun Nov 2 2025 .DISCUSSION... KEY MESSAGES: - Strong westerly winds will continue through this evening. - Red Flag Warning until 5 pm and Lake wind Advisory until midnight. - Temperatures stay slightly warmer than normal with mostly dry conditions for next week. WEATHER PATTERN OVERVIEW: Today: Gusty winds behind the cold front last night will continue through the early evening. Some chances for rain are possible this afternoon with areas of weak instability along shortwave disturbances in the flow aloft. Any precipitation chances will fall as rain and be isolated to scattered. Breezy conditions will continue tonight, meeting Lake Wind Advisory criteria through midnight. Monday onward: The flow pattern aloft becomes mostly zonal with some indicators of weak ridging on Monday, then a pattern of repeated shortwaves moving through the region. Chances for precipitation increase after Thursday as a trough moves into northeast Montana. FORECAST CONFIDENCE & DEVIATIONS: Blended day 1 winds heavily with GLAMP, day 2 winds with a blend of HiRes models, and added PoPs for this afternoon. NBM otherwise. Model agreement remains low and inconsistent for the systems Thursday and Friday, and Saturday and Sunday. Models have been hinting at frozen precip for several runs now, but are inconsistent and changing heavily. While there is high confidence that this trough will move through, there is lower confidence on the specifics of what it could bring. && .AVIATION... LAST UPDATED: 2100Z FLIGHT CAT RANGE: VFR DISCUSSION: Slight chances for rain bringing mid level clouds this afternoon at KGGW and KOLF. Otherwise windy and dry through tomorrow morning. WINDS: Strong northwest winds 20 to 30 kts gusting up to 45 kts will continue through the early evening. Winds tonight will back west decreasing to 12 to 16 kts with gusts up to 30 kts. && .GGW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Lake Wind Advisory until midnight MST tonight for Central and Southeast Phillips-Central and Southern Valley-Garfield-McCone- Petroleum. Red Flag Warning until 5 PM MST this afternoon for Southern Petroleum and Southern Garfield Counties-The Lower Missouri River Breaks including the Charles M Russell National Wildlife Refuge. && $$ weather.gov/glasgow