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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
153 PM MDT Mon Jul 14 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

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- Widespread rain and isolated thunderstorms develop tonight over
  North Central MT.

- Scattered thunderstorms this evening over Southwest MT.

- Cool and rainy day over North Central MT on Tue.

- Scattered afternoon thunderstorms on Thursday.

- Mostly dry and warm this weekend.
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.DISCUSSION...

 
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- Meteorological Overview:
The summer storm is on track to affect much of CWA starting
tonight. Ahead of the storm, showers/thunderstorms are developing
over Southwest MT. These storms could produce some strong wind
gusts. As of 130 PM, the cold front is generally along a line from
Lincoln to Lewistown, and slowly moving southward. This front
should move down to the I-90 corridor from Butte to Bozeman this
evening, before stalling out once again. The precip develops this
evening near the Canadian border and gradually moves southward
overnight. Expect a rainy/cool day over North Central MT on Tue.
Temperatures will not rise much from the overnight lows on Tue
over North Central MT.

Wednesday and Thursday...much of the precipitation will exit the
area by Wednesday morning, with just a few showers left over the
eastern portions of the CWA by Wednesday afternoon. On Thursday,
warmer air pushes back into the CWA, but a weak upper level
disturbance also moves southeast through the CWA as well. This
will result in a few afternoon showers/thunderstorms.

Friday through Monday...Generally warm and mostly dry conditions
are expected through the weekend and into early next week. The GFS
model does have a few isolated thunderstorms during the evening
hours Sat thru Mon over the eastern portions of the CWA though.

 - Forecast Confidence & Scenarios:

The main concern is rainfall potential tonight through Tuesday.
Widespread rainfall of about 1/2 to 1 inch is expected over North
Central MT with this summer storm. Areas in Glacier Park could get
a bit more, generally in the 1 to 3 inch range. Snowfall looks to
mainly affect areas above 8500 feet in Glacier Park, with an inch
or two possible at ridge tops above 9000 feet. The total rainfall
over Southwest MT still looks to be on the light side with most
areas just averaging about 1/4 to 1/2 inch over the next few
days.

Confidence is low for thunderstorm activity Saturday thru Monday
over the eastern portions of the CWA. The upper level support for
the storms is low, thus confidence in timing for any storms is
also low. Brusda
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.AVIATION...
14/18Z TAF Period

A cold front continues to push southward through North Central MT.
This front will be through Great Falls by 18z. Low ceilings are
developing on the north side of the front. Expect
showers/thunderstorms to develop this evening along the Canadian
border, and transition to more of a stratiform rain by Tuesday
morning over North Central MT. Expect the precipitation to become
more scatter by Tuesday evening. Mountains/passes will become
obscured by this evening, and remain obscured through Tuesday
across the CWA. Brusda

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

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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
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GTF  52  56  49  69 /  70 100  60  20
CTB  48  54  43  66 /  80  90  30  10
HLN  55  62  49  76 /  30  90  70  20
BZN  54  72  48  75 /  30  90  80  30
WYS  44  78  41  73 /  30  70  70  20
DLN  51  74  47  75 /  20  80  50  10
HVR  52  62  46  70 /  90  90  40  20
LWT  50  56  45  62 /  70 100  90  50
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.TFX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

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