textproduct: Billings

KEY MESSAGES

- Cooler and slightly wetter conditions linger over eastern Montana this week into the weekend. Chance of light snow mainly Thursday and Saturday.

- Warmer and mostly dry over south- central Montana and north- central Wyoming this week into the weekend.

- Periods of gusty winds over the foothills west of Billings.

AVIATION

VFR conditions will prevail through the day with increasing mid to high clouds. Along the western foothills (KLVM, K6S0), breezy conditions will continue with the strongest gusts (35-45 kts) around KLVM through 19Z Wed.

By this afternoon, scattered snow showers are expected to develop over the mountains of south-central Montana, resulting in periodic mtn top obstructions. Light snow and MVFR-IFR conditions are expected to develop over eastern Montana overnight and into early Thursday. This may impact KMLS, KBHK and KEKA. BT

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS

Tdy Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue ------------------------------------------------------- BIL 044 031/049 031/051 035/058 030/057 034/057 033/053 1/E 21/U 00/B 00/B 00/B 01/E 11/B LVM 042 027/044 028/047 033/051 029/055 033/051 029/046 2/S 20/B 00/B 00/B 00/B 01/B 11/B HDN 044 029/048 029/051 032/058 026/055 028/056 029/052 1/E 32/S 11/B 11/B 00/B 01/B 22/O MLS 033 022/035 018/037 024/050 024/046 024/048 028/045 0/E 54/S 11/E 21/E 00/B 01/E 11/B 4BQ 041 028/040 023/040 024/050 026/050 027/051 030/046 0/E 34/S 12/S 11/B 00/B 01/B 12/O BHK 029 017/028 010/025 012/042 022/040 020/043 023/039 1/B 66/S 21/E 24/O 10/B 01/E 12/S SHR 044 024/043 026/046 026/053 025/055 028/055 026/046 1/E 32/S 11/B 11/B 00/B 01/B 33/O

BYZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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