Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Glasgow, MT
Issued by NWS Glasgow, MT
243 FXUS65 KGGW 060757 AFDGGW Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Glasgow MT 157 AM MDT Mon Oct 6 2025 .DISCUSSION... KEY MESSAGES: - Temperatures will warm today through Wednesday with dry weather. - Dry weather expected for the next 5 days with the next chance of rain either Saturday or Saturday night. WEATHER PATTERN OVERVIEW: An upper level trough over eastern Montana overnight will move to the east today. Upper ridge will move into the area from the west today and Tuesday with mostly clear skies and warmer temperatures. Wednesday will be the warmest day as the ridge moves into the Dakotas. The ridge will flatten Wednesday night and Thursday with a shortwave trough moving across the Canadian Prairies. A dry cold front Wednesday night will bring slightly cooler temperatures on Thursday. Dry weather continues on Friday with another ridge over the area. Models and ensembles are pointing towards and upper trough moving into the region this weekend with chances for precipitation beginning either saturday or Saturday night and continuing into early next week. FORECAST CONFIDENCE & DEVIATIONS: There is high confidence in warmer temperatures and mostly clear skies today through Wednesday and high confidence in dry weather through Friday. There is moderate confidence in an upper trough moving in during the weekend, but there is low confidence on precipitation chances and amounts. No deviations from NBM at this time. && .AVIATION... LAST UPDATE: 0800Z FLIGHT CAT RANGE: VFR today and tonight. DISCUSSION: Some mid level clouds early this morning. Otherwise, mostly clear skies will prevail today and tonight. WIND: Light and variable early this morning becoming SW 5 to 15 knots after sunrise this morning and west 10 to 15 knots this afternoon. West winds will diminish to 5 knots or less this evening and become light and variable overnight. EQUIPMENT: At KSDY an AMD NOT SKED will remain in place until the METARs comms issue is repaired. && .GGW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ weather.gov/glasgow