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FXUS65 KBYZ 070820
AFDBYZ

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Billings MT
120 AM MST Thu Nov 7 2024

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Warmer and dry conditions into the weekend.

- Strong wind potential west of Billings (especially along I-90)
  Sunday into Monday.

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.DISCUSSION...

Through Friday night...

High pressure will be over the area for the rest of the work week
into the weekend. This will bring warm, dry and breezy conditions
to the region. Highs will be in the 50s today, pushing 60 degrees
for Friday. Chambers

Saturday through Thursday...

Saturday and Sunday are forecast to be dry and warm for most. The
only areas that have a low chance of precipitation during this
time are in far southeastern Montana, including Alzada, Albion,
and Capitol, Saturday and the Beartooth/Absaroka Mountains Sunday.
Any light precipitation that occurs in southeastern Montana
Saturday will be rain, and any light precipitation that occurs in
the Beartooth/Absaroka Mountains Sunday will be snow in the high
terrain and a rain/snow mix in the valleys. Sunday will also be
breezy along the western foothills as a mostly dry shortwave
trough moves through the region.

Our next best chance of precipitation comes late Monday into
early Wednesday next week. While uncertainty remains on the extent
and exact timing of the best precipitation potential, there is
currently a 50-75% chance of precipitation over the mountains and
foothills, a 30-50% chance of precipitation over the lower
elevations around Billings, and a 20-40% chance of precipitation
over southeastern Montana during that time. Along with the chance
of precipitation, windy conditions look to develop Monday through
mid-week across much of the area as the system moves through,
especially over the western mountains and foothills. Otherwise,
warm temperatures are expected to continue into Monday before
cooler (near seasonal) temperatures return for Tuesday. Arends

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.AVIATION...

VFR conditions will prevail over the next 24 hours. The breezy
winds over KBIL, KLVM, and other airports along the western
foothills will decrease this afternoon. Arends

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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS...

    Tdy Fri     Sat     Sun     Mon     Tue     Wed
-------------------------------------------------------
BIL 053 031/058 033/060 037/058 035/061 037/049 029/049
    0/N 00/U    00/U    00/B    00/B    43/R    10/B
LVM 055 027/060 030/061 033/056 033/057 030/044 024/046
    0/N 00/U    00/U    11/B    12/R    64/O    11/N
HDN 050 024/053 026/056 029/058 030/061 035/051 027/050
    0/U 00/U    00/U    01/B    00/B    44/R    10/B
MLS 052 024/055 029/055 030/059 031/059 035/052 027/047
    0/U 00/U    00/B    00/B    00/B    22/R    10/U
4BQ 052 025/055 033/054 031/059 031/061 037/051 029/047
    0/U 00/U    01/B    00/B    00/U    24/R    10/U
BHK 053 022/058 029/056 029/059 028/058 032/052 024/046
    0/U 00/U    01/B    00/B    00/U    12/R    10/U
SHR 055 027/059 029/059 029/060 029/061 031/049 023/049
    0/U 00/U    01/B    01/B    00/B    36/R    20/U

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.BYZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MT...None.
WY...None.

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