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KEY MESSAGES

- Hot conditions through the week. Mountain snowmelt will increase river flows. No flooding is expected at this time.

- Daily chance of showers and thunderstorms through the end of the week. Best chances are over south-central/western Montana and north-central/western Wyoming.

- Strong to severe thunderstorms (wind gusts) and moderate rain are possible at times, but chances have decreased as bit. Stay up to date with the forecast.

AVIATION

06z Discussion...Outside of afternoon/evening convection VFR conditions will prevail over the next 24 hours. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to begin moving into south central MT late Tuesday morning, moving south to north. The best chances for a shower/thunderstorm will be at KLVM (35%) from 18-03Z and at KBIL (30%) from 21-04Z. KSHR and KMLS have around a 10-15% chance for a light shower or thunderstorm for this same time frame. Main threat with any storm will be gusty winds 35-50 kts and brief moderate rain. Breezy east to southeast winds will begin late morning through the afternoon across the area, gusting 20-30kts at times. Chambers

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS

Tdy Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon ------------------------------------------------------- BIL 094 060/091 061/095 062/095 061/079 054/079 052/077 1/B 21/B 00/U 01/U 26/T 53/T 33/T LVM 084 050/084 052/089 053/088 050/069 044/072 043/072 6/T 54/T 11/U 22/T 37/T 54/T 23/T HDN 096 060/092 062/095 061/095 058/082 051/080 050/079 1/B 11/B 00/B 01/U 25/T 52/T 33/T MLS 098 067/094 067/094 066/094 063/085 055/080 054/079 0/N 10/N 00/N 00/B 24/T 43/T 42/W 4BQ 095 066/090 064/090 063/091 061/084 054/080 053/078 0/B 01/N 00/N 01/U 24/T 33/T 33/T BHK 095 061/091 061/090 061/089 058/084 053/080 053/079 0/N 00/N 00/N 00/N 15/T 33/T 32/W SHR 090 052/086 053/089 052/090 052/078 044/077 044/076 1/N 22/T 01/B 02/T 26/T 45/T 35/T

BYZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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