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FXUS65 KTFX 100826
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
226 AM MDT Mon Jun 10 2024

.SYNOPSIS...

Scattered rain showers across North Central and Southwest Montana
diminish this morning, with a few showers along the Hi-Line this
evening as a quick weather system from Canada moves through the
MT/Canadian Border this afternoon and evening. Otherwise, dry
conditions are in store through the work week. Windy conditions on
Tuesday and Wednesday. Potential for a few shower activity
returns Friday afternoon for Southwest Montana, but otherwise dry
conditions continue through early next week.

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.DISCUSSION...

Today through Thursday...Light scattered rain showers and
thunderstorms continue to diminish this morning across the region.
Another upper level shortwave moves through the MT/Canadian border
this afternoon and evening bringing a few light rain showers to the
Hi-Line region tonight. Otherwise, conditions begin to dry out
today. Winds and dry conditions are the primary impact concerns
the next few days as upper level troughing moves out of our
region today and upper level ridging builds back in for Tuesday.
Breezy conditions can be seen this afternoon in the wake of the
upper level trough, then diminish through the evening hours before
ramping back up for Tuesday which has stronger wind gusts in
store. Ensemble model guidance is still hinting at a few standard
deviations above climatology for wind gusts for this time of year,
where a few locations across the Rocky Mountain Front and
adjacent Hi-Plains region could see wind gusts 45 to 55 mph. Winds
on Wednesday will also be gusty between 35 and 45 mph across
North Central and Southwest Montana with latest National Blend of
Models 4.2 probabilistic data suggesting wind gusts above 45 mph
is high (greater than 75 percent) for along the Rocky Mountain
Front and high for 30 to 35 mph everywhere else. With recent
moisture from scattered rain showers across the region, fire
weather concerns are low during this timeframe even with low
relative humidity values occurring on Wednesday and the windy
conditions. Gusty winds diminish overnight Wednesday with dry
conditions continuing for Thursday and Friday morning.

Friday through early next week... Ensemble models are starting to
agree more on upper level ridging beginning to break down Friday and
Saturday with upper level troughing moving into our region Sunday
into early next week. While there is still great uncertainty on
what this entails for weather conditions, winds and fire weather
will continue to be monitored during this time period as we dry
out from the previous week. The Climate Prediction Center still
has our area in below normal temperatures for this timeframe with
latest forecast models suggesting high temperatures in the 60s and
lows in the 40s. Webb


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.AVIATION...

10/06Z TAF Period

A passing disturbance and attendant cold front will maintain
scattered showers a few rumbles of thunder through the overnight
hours. Primarily VFR conditions can be expected, but lower VFR or
even brief MVFR conditions can be expected at times, particularly
during precipitation. The notable exception to this is KWYS where
flight categories will intermittently degrade down to MVFR/IFR.
Precipitation begins to clear out from west to east around 10/12Z,
leaving a brief opportunity for patchy fog development for areas
undergoing partial clearing prior to 15Z. Drier and breezy to windy
conditions develop in the wake of the passing disturbance on Monday
with wind gusts of 20 to 30 kt being common over the plains while
exceeding 35 kts along the Rocky Mountain Front. Despite the drier
conditions, a few isolated showers or thunderstorms can be expected
along the Hi-Line Monday afternoon and evening. - RCG

Refer to weather.gov/zlc for more detailed regional aviation
weather and hazard information.

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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GTF  77  49  83  54 /  10  10   0   0
CTB  75  48  80  50 /  20  10   0   0
HLN  82  52  87  55 /  10   0   0   0
BZN  78  47  83  50 /  50   0   0   0
WYS  70  40  74  42 /  60  10   0   0
DLN  76  46  83  49 /  10   0   0   0
HVR  76  51  85  53 /  70  40   0   0
LWT  74  47  80  50 /  70  10   0  10

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.TFX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
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