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KEY MESSAGES

- Bands of ight snow and flurries end by afternoon.

- Cold conditions continue today for most locations with high temperatures in the single digits and teens for the lower elevations (eastern MT).

- Warmer and drier weather expected to return by Sunday through early next week. Expect rapid snowmelt into early next week.

- Periods of strong winds for foothills/gap locations including Livingston and Nye starting tonight and lasting through the foreseeable future. Strong winds possible across southeast Montana Wednesday.

UPDATE

Overrunning moisture across a baroclinic zone was producing light snow and flurries across much of our central CWA this morning. Accumulations are expected to be under an inch (mainly dustings) despite some likely category PoPs. In the meantime, warmer air is poised to push back through the foothills through the day. Temps were still in the teens at Livingston, but in the 30s to around 40 in the Paradise Valley. Warmer air will encroach eastward tonight as well with temps slowly rising after midnight as far east as Billings. BT

AVIATION

A passing disturbance will push cold air and snow back to the southwest through the morning hours. Although snowfall will be less intense than it has been over the past 24 hours. As the cold air surges back to the west, low stratus, light snow, and fog will bring MVFR to IFR conditions back into central areas including KBIL and KSHR. For KBIL the diminished conditions will impact the early morning push. Expect conditions to improve to VFR through the afternoon hours. SW winds will increase along the western foothills tonight, including KLVM, with gusts of 30-40 kts possible. STP

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS

Tdy Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri ------------------------------------------------------- BIL 020 010/045 031/046 040/050 036/048 023/041 031/048 7/S 00/B 00/B 01/B 26/O 11/B 23/O LVM 046 033/055 034/055 041/052 036/048 025/043 031/050 1/B 00/N 00/N 02/R 47/O 12/S 45/O HDN 020 007/042 021/045 034/048 033/047 020/041 026/048 7/S 00/B 00/B 01/B 26/O 21/B 23/O MLS 011 001/039 023/041 034/045 029/044 015/035 022/043 2/B 00/U 00/U 00/B 23/O 11/B 11/E 4BQ 018 011/044 026/044 034/049 033/049 020/039 028/048 2/S 00/U 00/U 00/B 14/O 11/B 11/E BHK 007 904/042 024/045 032/046 027/043 008/030 017/042 1/B 00/U 00/B 00/B 24/O 10/B 11/E SHR 029 016/053 026/053 034/055 032/051 017/041 025/050 5/S 00/U 00/U 00/B 15/O 21/B 11/B

BYZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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