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FXUS65 KGGW 080618
AFDGGW
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
1218 AM MDT WED JUL 8 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- WARMER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TODAY WITH MAINLY DRY WEATHER.
- LOOK FOR CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT MAINLY IN
THE WEST.
- EXPECT HIGHS TO REACH THE 90S FRIDAY WITH THE HOT WEATHER
CONTINUING INTO NEXT WEEK. HIGHS IN MOST AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO
ABOVE 100 ON SUNDAY.
DISCUSSION
WEATHER PATTERN OVERVIEW:
A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL LINGER EARLY THIS MORNING IN THE EAST.
WITH HEAVY RAIN NO LONGER EXPECTED, THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PARTS OF
NE MONTANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SHORTWAVE RIDGE TODAY WILL BRING DRY WEATHER TO THE REGION WITH
WARMER TEMPERATURES. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE AREA
TONIGHT WITH CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND WEST
OF MT 13.
UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO MONTANA ON THURSDAY AND REMAIN OVER THE
AREA IN VARYING DEGREES INTO NEXT WEEK. LOOK FOR HOT AND MAINLY
DRY WEATHER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. AT THIS POINT, IT LOOKS
LIKE SOME AREAS WILL HAVE HIGHS NEAR 100 ON SATURDAY AND MOST
AREAS WILL HAVE HIGHS ABOVE 100 ON SUNDAY. EXCESSIVE HEAT PRODUCTS
ARE LIKELY FOR THIS WEEKEND BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST HIGHS.
MONDAY AND BEYOND ARE EXPECTED TO BE NOT AS HOT WITH HIGHS MAINLY
IN THE 90S.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE & DEVIATIONS:
TWEAKS WERE MADE FOR NEAR TERM POPS MAINLY FOR CONSISTENCY AND
COLLABORATION. LOW CONFIDENCE ON SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
TONIGHT. HIGH CONFIDENCE ON THE HOT WEATHER COMING THIS WEEKEND.
AVIATION
LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY JULY 8 AT 0600Z
FLIGHT CATEGORY: VFR - IFR THIS MORNING, VFR THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.
DISCUSSION: LOW CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED OVER NE MONTANA THIS MORNING
THAT WILL BRING MVFR AND IFR CEILINGS AT TIMES UNTIL 16Z. SKIES
WILL CLEAR BY LATE MORNING WITH SCATTERED DAYTIME CUMULUS EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON. MID LEVEL CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT TIMES AT KGGW AND KOLF AND
AREAS TO THE WEST.
WIND: EAST WINDS WILL 5 TO 10 KNOTS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE
EARLY THIS MORNING AND REMAIN VARIABLE AT 10 KNOTS OR LESS TODAY
AND TONIGHT.
GGW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOW
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