textproduct: Billings

KEY MESSAGES

- Warm and mostly dry through Memorial Day. A few showers and a weak thunderstorms or two are possible mainly over and near the mountains each day.

- Hot temperatures return early this week. Expect mountain snow melt to increase river flows. No flooding is forecast at this time. - Daily chance of showers and thunderstorms returns to much of the area Tuesday into the second half of next week. Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain are possible. Stay tuned.

UPDATE

Despite the rising heights and transition to anticyclonic flow aloft, a weak shortwave is producing a few light showers/virga across the area, including just recently a little SW/W of Billings. Mesoanalysis shows 100-300 j/kg of cape and fully expect the activity to dissipate quickly as we approach sunset. The building ridge will bring warmer conditions Sunday. Temps in the 70s today will climb to the 80s tomorrow. JKL

AVIATION

VFR conditions are expected over the next 24 hours. Torgerson

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat ----------------------------------------------------------- BIL 050/086 053/090 057/092 059/082 056/083 056/086 056/081 20/U 00/U 00/U 35/T 42/T 22/T 35/T LVM 044/082 047/085 050/084 048/072 047/076 048/077 047/072 10/U 01/U 14/T 78/T 64/T 35/T 56/T HDN 045/085 048/091 054/092 058/083 056/083 055/087 054/081 20/U 00/U 00/U 24/T 32/T 22/T 45/T MLS 046/086 050/092 060/094 064/087 059/083 058/085 056/083 10/U 00/U 00/U 14/T 33/T 22/T 33/W 4BQ 046/085 050/091 059/092 063/085 057/080 055/083 055/081 20/U 00/U 00/U 14/T 44/T 23/T 34/T BHK 044/085 049/091 056/091 060/085 057/080 054/080 053/081 10/U 01/U 00/N 02/T 23/T 22/T 23/T SHR 040/083 043/086 047/088 050/080 048/080 047/083 047/078 20/U 01/U 01/N 16/T 45/T 24/T 35/T

BYZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

MT...None. WY...None.