A fast moving low pressure system north of the area resulted in High winds for the area.
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A fast moving low pressure system north of the area resulted in High winds for the area.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Feb 22, 2:25 PM MST, 12 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Glasgow MT 225 PM MST Sat Feb 22 2025 .DISCUSSION... KEY MESSAGES: - Strong to intense winds will move into central Montana tonight, and into northeast Montana by Monday. - Scattered rain and freezing rain is expected on Sunday night into Monday evening. Rain that does fall will likely freeze on frozen ground leaving icy roads and sidewalks. - Thawing conditions will potentially bring muddy conditions on local roads, leading to difficult access on unpaved roads. WEATHER PATTERN OVERVIEW: A shortwave trough and quick moving Pacific low pressure system will aid in bringing breezy conditions on Sunday, and eventual scattered rain and freezing rain on Sunday night. North of the Missouri River and east of Hwy 24, there is moderate confidence (50 percent) of freezing rain accumulating 0.01", and low confidence (25 percent) of freezing rain accumulating greater than 0.05". The deterministic GFS, Nam, and ECMWF have come into agreement on a banded feature moving through the previously mentioned location of freezing rain. A low probability, high impact freezing rain event could make for difficult travel conditions. However, warming surface temperatures on Monday would allow for icy conditions to improve a bit as the ice melts. A strong surface low will allow intense winds to mix down to the surface for southwest Phillips county on Sunday. A push of positive vorticity advection will aid in more widespread intense winds on Monday. Therefore, a High Wind Warning has been issued for southwest Phillips for 3 AM Sunday through 5 PM Monday, and a High Wind Watch has been issued for the remainder of the CWA from 3 AM Monday through 5 PM Monday. Another quick moving disturbance will move in Monday night into Tuesday. There is low confidence on precipitation occurring and accumulating freezing rain occurring in this period. FORECAST CONFIDENCE & DEVIATIONS: For deviations, winds were adjusted in day 1 and day 2 to better serve the high wind headlines. There is low to moderate confidence on accumulating freezing rain, since surface temperatures will be very close to the freezing mark on Sunday night. There is high confidence of winds gusting to 50 mph and greater for Sunday in southwest Phillips county, and moderate confidence on Monday for the entire CWA. && .AVIATION... LAST UPDATED: 2100Z FLIGHT CAT RANGE: VFR DISCUSSION: High clouds will continue to move through the area during the TAF cycle. A surface trough will aid in rain developing late on Sunday, with high (60 to 80 percent) confidence this will stay as rain through 07Z Monday before attempting to change over to freezing rain. WIND: West southwest at 5 to 15 kts, increasing to 15 to 25 kts after 16Z Sunday. LLWS: Low level wind shear is expected to impact the terminals from 00Z Sunday through 00Z Monday. There is low confidence of LLWS appearing again late Sunday. && .HYDROLOGY... As arctic air pushes east into the central plains, a ridge will move in to bring temperatures above average through the end of next week. Although temperatures each night will drop near or below freezing, warm daytime temperatures will increase snowmelt and lead to ponding in low lying areas. There is moderate confidence precipitation amounts are expected to remain below one tenth of an inch Sunday night into Monday night, so little to no impact on runoff is expected from this event. && .GGW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... High Wind Watch from late Sunday night through Monday afternoon for Central and Southeast Phillips-Central and Southern Valley- Daniels-Dawson-Eastern Roosevelt-Garfield-McCone-Northern Phillips-Northern Valley-Petroleum-Prairie-Richland-Sheridan- Western Roosevelt-Wibaux. High Wind Warning from 3 AM Sunday to 5 PM MST Monday for Southwest Phillips. && weather.gov/glasgow
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds gusted to 68 mph in the area with the highest gusts occurring Sunday, February 23rd at 130 pm.
Winds gusted to 63 mph in the area with the highest gusts occurring Monday, February 24th at 1250 pm. A gust to 60 mph also occurred on Sunday, February 23rd.
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