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KEY MESSAGES

- Areas of rain and high elevation snow today, with gusty west winds. Mountain snow will impact travel conditions over the Beartooth Highway.

- Wind gusts today of 40-55 mph along the western foothills, and 30-40 mph further east.

- Return to seasonable temperatures beginning Tuesday.

- Increasing thunderstorm potential Wednesday through Friday; strong to severe storms possible.

AVIATION

Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms spread west to east through this afternoon, decreasing through the evening. Localized MFVR to IFR conditions are possible under the strongest showers. Expect mountain obscuration. West winds increase to widespread 20 to 40 kt gusts by late this morning. There is a moderate chance for low level wind shear near the mountains, including KRED and KSHR, through early this morning. Archer

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS

Tdy Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun ------------------------------------------------------- BIL 066 055/079 055/081 055/083 057/082 057/079 057/086 6/W 10/U 23/T 32/T 13/T 52/T 10/U LVM 056 044/073 046/075 046/079 049/076 047/076 048/085 +/W 43/T 35/T 52/T 16/T 62/T 10/U HDN 071 054/080 053/083 054/086 055/086 055/080 054/087 4/W 10/U 23/T 22/T 12/T 41/B 20/U MLS 073 053/079 054/082 057/087 058/087 059/080 056/086 4/W 10/N 14/T 22/T 22/T 53/W 11/U 4BQ 074 054/080 055/082 056/087 057/087 058/078 056/086 2/W 00/U 34/T 12/T 22/T 42/T 21/U BHK 075 049/077 051/081 053/087 055/085 055/077 052/083 5/T 10/N 14/T 23/T 43/T 64/T 21/U SHR 071 045/078 050/080 051/084 053/083 052/075 050/085 2/W 10/U 34/T 22/T 12/T 34/T 21/U

BYZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

MT...Winter Weather Advisory in effect until 6 PM MDT this evening FOR ZONE 67. WY...None.