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FXUS65 KMSO 241014
AFDMSO
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
414 AM MDT SAT OCT 24 2026
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGES:
- PATCHY FOG AND LOW STRATUS THE NEXT COUPLE OF MORNING.
- RETURN OF ACTIVE WEATHER FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.
THE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION FROM YESTERDAY ALONG WITH CLEARING
SKIES IS ALLOWING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PATCHY FOG AND LOW
STRATUS ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES THIS MORNING. THE REGION
SHOULD ANTICIPATE FOG AND STRATUS THE NEXT COUPLE OF MORNINGS AS A
WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE REGION.
MULTIPLE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS ARE EXPECTED TO SWING INTO THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND THE NORTHERN ROCKIES STARTING LATE MONDAY
THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THESE DISTURBANCES WILL BRING PERIODS
OF WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WITH AT TIMES ACCUMULATING SNOW IN THE
HIGHER TERRAIN. TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD APPEAR TO
REMAIN NEAR SEASONAL AVERAGES OF AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 40S AND
50S.
AVIATION
PATCHY FOG AND LOW STRATUS IS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES THIS MORNING AS SKIES CLEAR ALOFT. ALL TERMINALS
HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BEING IMPACTED DURING THE MORNING HOURS.
FAIR FLY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING INTO THE
AFTERNOON. THE THREAT OF FOG AND STRATUS WILL RETURN AGAIN TONIGHT
INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
MSO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MT...NONE.
ID...NONE.
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