959
FXUS65 KTFX 282056
AFDTFX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
256 PM MDT SAT JUN 28 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED
ACROSS NORTHERN MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
- TURNING WARMER NEXT WEEK WITH MANY LOW ELEVATION LOCATIONS
SEEING TEMPERATURES EXCEED 90°
- DRY EARLY NEXT WEEK, WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOOKING TO
RETURN AROUND MIDWEEK
DISCUSSION
- METEOROLOGICAL OVERVIEW:
ASIDE FROM A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL MONTANA, THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL BE RATHER DRY AS UPPER
LEVEL RIDGING BEGINS TO BUILD ACROSS THE NORTH WESTERN UNITED
STATES. AS THIS RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION, TEMPERATURES WILL
BEGIN TO CLIMB, WITH MANY AREAS SEEING TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE
90S BY MONDAY OR TUESDAY. WARM TEMPERATURES WILL LINGER ACROSS
THE AREA UNTIL AROUND FRIDAY. MOISTURE WORKING INTO THE AREA WILL
ALLOW FOR SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY,
WITH CHANCES INCREASING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK INTO
INDEPENDENCE DAY.
- FORECAST CONFIDENCE & SCENARIOS:
TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEK: CONFIDENCE IS RATHER HIGH IN A PERIOD OF
SEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES FOR A GOOD CHUNK OF NEXT WEEK THANKS
TO A BUILDING UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. OVERALL, THERE DOESN’T APPEAR TO
BE MUCH IN THE WAY OF UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARDS TO ACTUAL
TEMPERATURES, AS MODEL SPREADS ARE GENERALLY WITHIN 5 DEGREES OR
SO ACROSS THE AREA. BIGGEST AREA OF UNCERTAINTY WILL BE IN REGARDS
TO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEYOND WEDNESDAY, AS A WELL TIMED
SHOWER OR STORM MAY KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM REACHING THEIR FULL
POTENTIAL.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEXT WEEK: AS MOISTURE BEGINS TO SNEAK
INTO THE PLAINS OF MONTANA NEXT WEEK, THE ADDED MOISTURE WILL HELP
TO ADD SOME INSTABILITY TO THE ATMOSPHERE AND ALLOW FOR AFTERNOON
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP EVERY DAY FROM WEDNESDAY.
THERE DOES REMAIN A FAIR AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE COVERAGE
AND STRENGTH OF THE STORMS, AS THE WARM AIR ALOFT AND WEAK
DIRECTIONAL WIND SHEAR MAY LIMIT THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. WITH THAT
SAID, A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD MUSTER ENOUGH STRENGTH AND
ORGANIZATION TO ALLOW FOR SOME GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL TO FORM.
LUDWIG
AVIATION
28/18Z TAF PERIOD
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT ALL TERMINALS DURING THIS TAF PERIOD.
AT THE KWYS TERMINAL THERE IS A 10 - 15% CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
BETWEEN 29/00Z AND 29/02Z. AT THE KCTB AND KHVR TERMINALS THERE IS A
15 - 50% CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 28/19Z AND
29/02Z. ACROSS ALL TERMINALS DURING AT LEAST A PORTION OF THIS TAF
PERIOD THERE WILL BE GUSTY WINDS. DURING THE FIRST 6 HOURS OF THIS
TAF PERIOD THERE WILL INSTANCES OF MOUNTAIN WAVE TURBULENCE ACROSS
NORTH-CENTRAL MONTANA. -IG
REFER TO WEATHER.GOV/ZLC FOR MORE DETAILED REGIONAL AVIATION
WEATHER AND HAZARD INFORMATION.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
GTF 49 80 51 89 / 20 0 0 0
CTB 46 77 49 86 / 20 0 0 0
HLN 51 80 52 90 / 0 0 0 0
BZN 46 80 46 93 / 10 0 0 0
WYS 37 74 34 84 / 10 0 0 0
DLN 44 77 46 89 / 0 0 0 0
HVR 50 79 49 90 / 30 0 0 0
LWT 47 73 48 84 / 10 0 0 0
TFX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
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