Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Glasgow, MT
Issued by NWS Glasgow, MT
826 FXUS65 KGGW 120907 AFDGGW Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Glasgow MT 207 AM MST Wed Feb 12 2025 .DISCUSSION... KEY MESSAGES: 1) Low temperatures will range from 15 to 40 below across NE Montana this morning with bitter cold wind chills at times. 2) Below normal temperatures will continue through the 7 day forecast. 3) Very light snow is possible(30-60%) Sunday night through monday night. WEATHER PATTERN OVERVIEW: Arctic temperatures remain entrenched across the region with overnight lows expected to range from 15 to 30 below. Wind chills will be near 35 to 40 below right along the Canadian border this morning. SO the Extreme Cold Warning sits across the northern tier of zones with a Cold Advisory everywhere south of that through 18Z. Below normal temperatures will continue through the end of the forecast with wind chills continuing to be problematic during the morning hours for the next several days. Next chance of snow looks to be Saturday night through Monday night, however totals look very light with mainly on an off showers/flurries leading to skiffs in any one period. Currently the greatest areas of impact will be the southwest with Petroleum and Garfield counties while areas across the northeast such as Plentywood and Scobey perhaps not experiencing any snow at all. FORECAST CONFIDENCE & DEVIATIONS: Only minor deviations this morning. Mainly focused on lowering temps along the western border Thursday through Saturday with the Great Falls office to mesh up to the lower temps up against the Phillips/Petroleum border. GAH && .AVIATION... LAST UPDATED: 0900Z FLIGHT CAT RANGE: VFR - MVFR DISCUSSION: VFR is expected overall through the cycle though SCT/BKN MVFR stratus clouds will hit on and off through roughly 18Z today. EXTREME COLD: Bitter cold temps will continue with lows this morning between 15 and 30 below causing equipment problems. WIND: NW to W at 10 kts or under this morning. Light and variable this afternoon. Becoming Southerly this evening. Then SE or variable and light Thursday morning. GAH && .GGW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Cold Weather Advisory until 11 AM MST this morning for Central and Southeast Phillips-Central and Southern Valley-Dawson- Eastern Roosevelt-Garfield-McCone-Petroleum-Prairie-Richland- Southwest Phillips-Western Roosevelt-Wibaux. Extreme Cold Warning until 11 AM MST this morning for Daniels- Northern Phillips-Northern Valley-Sheridan. && $$ weather.gov/glasgow