textproduct: Billings

KEY MESSAGES

- Stronger weather system expected Friday through the weekend, bringing frequent showers and embedded thunderstorms (severe storms possible Friday and Saturday), cooler temperatures and brisk winds. High elevation snow is possible Saturday night into Sunday night.

- Warming and drying trend next week.

AVIATION

06z Discussion...A few weak showers will transit the area from west to east overnight tonight through mid morning, but should not impact flight categories. Patchy fog is possible overnight through mid morning for areas east of Billings where current Dew Point spreads are under 5 degrees. This may impact KMLS/KSHR/KBHK with local IFR or lower conditions at times through 15-16z, but is not expected to be a widespread threat. Another round of showers and thunderstorms is expected to impact the area Friday afternoon and evening, with a few strong to severe storms possible along and north of a Livingston to Billings to Broadus line. Locally heavy rainfall is possible with any thunderstorms and may briefly reduce visibility to IFR levels. The strongest storms are expected over SE Montana into NE Wyoming. Chambers

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS

Tdy Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu ------------------------------------------------------- BIL 086 059/076 052/072 051/072 051/081 054/084 056/090 1/B 58/T 83/T 23/W 01/U 11/U 10/U LVM 081 050/069 043/064 040/062 042/074 044/078 046/085 5/T 67/T 95/T 56/T 22/T 22/T 11/U HDN 088 058/078 051/075 049/074 049/081 051/085 053/091 1/B 48/T 84/T 53/W 11/U 11/U 10/U MLS 085 061/080 054/076 052/073 051/080 054/084 056/090 0/B 27/T 83/T 64/W 11/U 11/U 11/U 4BQ 085 062/081 054/079 053/075 051/081 055/086 058/091 0/B 35/T 62/T 44/W 10/U 11/U 11/U BHK 082 059/084 052/079 051/074 049/079 052/085 055/089 0/B 47/T 82/T 74/T 11/U 11/U 21/U SHR 085 054/076 048/073 045/073 044/080 048/084 050/089 2/T 38/T 66/T 53/W 11/U 02/T 11/U

BYZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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