797  
FXUS65 KGGW 162101  
AFDGGW  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT  
301 PM MDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
KEY MESSAGES:  
 
- LOW PRESSURE CIRCULATION WILL SWEEP THROUGH SOUTHERN AND EASTERN  
PORTIONS OF OUR REGION TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY  
 
- DRIER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL ARRIVE FROM THE WEST LATER THIS  
WEEK, AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN SEASONABLE.  
 
 
WEATHER PATTERN OVERVIEW:  
 
SPLIT FLOW ALOFT IS EVIDENT IN REGIONAL SATELLITE IMAGERY AS  
CLOUDS STREAM FROM NE TO SW NEAR AND NORTHWEST OF FORT PECK LAKE,  
AND OTHER CLOUDS ARE ADVANCING NORTHWARD FROM SE MONTANA. THE  
CENTER OF CIRCULATION OVER SOUTHERN WYOMING IS PROGGED TO SLOWLY  
PINWHEEL EASTWARD AND NORTHWARD EVENTUALLY THROUGH THE WESTERN  
DAKOTAS THROUGH THURSDAY. BEST MODEL AGREEMENT SHOWS ANY RESULTING  
PRECIPITATION TO BE MINIMAL AND CONFINED TO AREAS EITHER NEAR OR  
AWAY FROM OUR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PERIPHERY CWA ZONES. DURING  
THIS TIME FRAME, CONVECTIVE INSTABILITY WILL ALSO BE ON THE  
DECREASE, REDUCING THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
BEGINNING THURSDAY NIGHT, THE WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE  
APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL BRING IN DRIER AND CALMER  
CONDITIONS WHILE KEEPING TEMPERATURES SEASONABLY NORMAL AT LEAST  
THROUGH THE WEEKEND IF NOT LONGER.  
 
FORECAST CONFIDENCE & DEVIATIONS:  
 
POPS AND WINDS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED WITH HI-RES MODELS FOR DAY 1  
AND 2 DUE TO THE LACK OF NEEDED DETAIL FROM THE NBM.  
 
LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE EXACT TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF SHOWER  
ACTIVITY THROUGH TONIGHT.  
 
HIGH CONFIDENCE IN THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST.  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
UPDATE: 2059Z, 9/16  
 
PATTERN: MIGRATING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM WYOMING WILL SWEEP UP  
THROUGH THE WESTERN DAKOTAS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SOME LIGHT  
RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE FOR KGDV AND KSDY.  
 
FLIGHT CONDITIONS: VFR, THEN AN HOUR OR TWO OF MVFR IF A SHOWER  
HAPPENS TO PASS DIRECTLY OVER KSDY OR KGDV TONIGHT.  
 
WINDS: GENERALLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE, BUT ERRATIC AND GUSTY NEAR  
THE STRONGER STORMS THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT.  
 
EQUIPMENT: NOTAM COMMS ISSUES WITH THE KSDY OBSERVATION REMAIN.  
AMD NOT SKED WILL REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL METARS ARE AVAILABLE.  
 

 
   
GGW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
NONE.  

 
 

 
 
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