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High Wind Warning 10, NWS Glasgow, MT

December 7, 2020Phillips County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this high wind warning at Dec 7, 2020, 10:00 PM MST for Phillips County, Montana. It took effect at Dec 8, 2020, 8:00 AM MST. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued
Dec 7, 2020, 10:00 PM MST (05:00 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 8, 2020, 8:00 AM MST
Expired
Dec 8, 2020, 5:32 PM MST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT

County Phillips County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind warning went out at Dec 7, 7:18 PM MST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 7:18 PM MST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Glasgow MT
718 PM MST Mon Dec 7 2020

.DISCUSSION...
A different night tonight than it has been as the jet stream has
sunk a bit south and high level moisture is streaming east across
the Treasure State. So fog and/or frost tonight shouldn't be an
issue.

Temperatures will be 5 to 10 degrees warmer than previous nights
and this will give a good launching pad for temperatures tomorrow.

Winds are not expected to ramp up till Tuesday, mainly across the
southern zones where good mixing is expected. TFJ

Previous Discussion...
A very warm day is on tap for Tuesday with highs ranging from the
mid-40s over the deepest snowpack to the mid 60s across Petroleum
County. This will result from the combination of high heights
over the area and downslope warming.

As a front moves through the area we will drop back to highs in
the 30s and 40s for Wednesday. A shortwave trough moving through
Wednesday night into Thursday will bring a slight chance for a few
snow showers with little to no accumulation.

Through the end of the week a series of troughs will push across
the Pacific northwest and dig a large scale trough across the
Plains and Mississippi Valley by the weekend. This will result in
temperatures dropping to near normal by the weekend. Details and
moisture associated with the digging trough remain a bit unclear,
but we could see a few snow showers across at least part of the
area with little in the way of accumulation.

-Mottice

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.AVIATION...
VFR through the forecast period. Some wind shear will continue
through much of tonight before relaxing. Light and variable winds
tonight become westerly around 10 to 15 knots Tuesday afternoon.

&&

.GLASGOW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

weather.gov/glasgow

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.