017  
FXUS65 KMSO 051942  
AFDMSO  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT  
142 PM MDT SAT JUL 5 2025  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
KEY MESSAGES:  
 
- A WARMING TREND STARTS EARLY NEXT WEEK THAT WILL CULMINATE IN  
ANOTHER EXTENDED PERIOD OF HOT, DRY WEATHER.  
 
- BRIEF REPRIEVE IN HOT TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY AS A WEAK COLD  
FRONT INCREASES WIND AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES.  
 
A TROUGH WILL GRADUALLY EXIT THE NORTHERN ROCKIES THIS  
AFTERNOON BUT OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS  
CONTINUE. SHOWERS SHOULD END QUICKLY BY THIS EVENING.  
 
NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL RETURN SUNDAY, BRINGING TEMPERATURES BACK  
TO NEAR-NORMAL LEVELS. MOST AREAS SHOULD REMAIN STORM-FREE,  
THOUGH SOME MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MAY CLIP  
NORTHWEST MONTANA, POTENTIALLY PRODUCING SHOWERS, ESPECIALLY  
AROUND GLACIER NATIONAL PARK.  
 
RIDGING BUILDS BACK IN MONDAY WITH HOT TEMPERATURES BY TUESDAY AS  
HIGH TEMPERATURES RETURN TO ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.  
 
ENSEMBLES AGREE ON A DISTURBANCE FLATTENING THE RIDGE LATER  
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES RETURN TO SEASONABLE  
LEVELS BY THURSDAY. SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND BREEZY  
WESTERLY WINDS ALSO RETURN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY,  
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE DIVIDE AND CANADIAN BORDER.  
 
HOT AND MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY INTO NEXT  
WEEKEND AS THE RIDGE BUMPS BACK UP. WEAK DISTURBANCES IN  
SOUTHWEST FLOW OPEN UP THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN  
THIS PATTERN.  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT BECOMES INCREASINGLY  
NORTHWESTERLY THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT  
TONIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS AND TERRAIN OBSCURATIONS THIS AFTERNOON  
WILL LAST THROUGH AT LEAST 06/01Z WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES FOR  
LIGHTNING AND HEAVIER SHOWERS GENERALLY SOUTH OF I-90 THROUGH  
ABOUT 05/24Z IMPACTING TERMINALS SUCH AS BTM, HRF, AND TO A  
LESSER-EXTENT SMN. HEAVIER SHOWER OR THUNDERSHOWER MAY PRODUCE  
GUSTS AT THE SURFACE UP TO 30 KNOTS. INCREASED DRYING AND CLEARING  
IS EXPECTED INTO SUNDAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON  
SHOWERS IN NORTHWESTERN MONTANA.  
 
 
   
MSO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
MT...NONE.  
ID...NONE.  
 
 
 
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