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AFDMSO

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Missoula MT
204 AM MST Sun Nov 2 2025

.DISCUSSION...

KEY MESSAGES:

-  Cooler temperatures today, with breezy winds continuing.

-  Active weather pattern this coming week.

Current radar and satellite images continues to show the cold
front slowly moving southeast across west-central Montana and
north-central Idaho. It will eventually reach southwest Montana by
late morning to early afternoon. Temperatures this afternoon will
be cooler compared to yesterday, where Missoula broke a record
high with 68 degrees and Butte tied their record at 67. Breezy
conditions will remain, with gusts between 15 to 25 mph throughout
western Montana and north-central Idaho.

Our next system arrives tomorrow with a surge of moisture and
lower snow levels. The focus of this system looks to be more over
north-central ID and west-central MT with anywhere from 0.25" to
0.75" of liquid precipitation through Tuesday. Minor impacts due
to snow is expected over area passes along the ID/MT border early
Monday. By the afternoon, snow levels will rise to around 6000
feet changing snow to rain for most locations.

Forecast ensemble models are in agreement that an active weather
pattern will remain over the Northern Rockies through the rest of
the week, with Thursday and Friday likely being the two wettest
days. Snow levels will remain relatively high, between 5000 to
6000 feet.

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.AVIATION...Current radar and satellite images continues to shows the cold
front slowly moving southeast across west-central Montana and
north-central Idaho. It will eventually reach southwest Montana by
late morning to early afternoon. All terminals can expect breezy
conditions returning early this afternoon, with gusts between 20
to 25 kts from 02/1900Z-03/0100Z.

&&

.MSO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MT...Lake Wind Advisory until 2 PM MST this afternoon for
     Flathead/Mission Valleys.

ID...None.
&&

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