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KEY MESSAGES

- Elevated to critical fire weather conditions thru Friday.

- Turning cooler and potentially wetter Sunday night into next week.

AVIATION

Breezy SW-W winds west of KBIL (gusting 25-35 knots) will diminish by 02z this evening. Winds will be lighter tonight into Friday, but there will be areas of low level wind shear from 06-12z in far southeast MT, affecting KMLS-KBHK-K97M w/ southeast winds of 30-40 knots at 2kft AGL. Expect mixed S-SW winds w/ gusts of 15-25 knots Friday afternoon. VFR will prevail through the period under a dry southwest flow aloft. JKL

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS

Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu ----------------------------------------------------------- BIL 055/092 056/086 060/083 060/081 053/077 051/077 053/079 00/U 00/U 01/B 55/T 30/U 00/B 22/W LVM 048/084 048/083 048/081 050/074 043/073 043/076 046/077 00/N 10/U 01/B 75/T 31/N 02/W 22/W HDN 051/095 052/088 056/086 058/084 048/080 046/080 049/081 00/U 00/U 01/B 44/T 31/U 00/B 22/W MLS 061/096 059/090 062/089 064/084 053/078 050/077 051/079 00/U 00/U 12/T 64/T 51/N 00/U 12/W 4BQ 061/097 061/091 063/090 067/087 055/081 053/081 055/082 00/U 00/U 01/B 52/W 21/U 00/U 22/W BHK 056/098 061/095 060/092 061/087 053/080 047/079 047/080 00/N 00/U 13/T 63/W 31/N 10/U 22/W SHR 053/094 055/089 055/086 057/084 046/079 046/078 048/079 00/U 00/U 01/U 32/W 20/U 00/U 12/W

BYZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

MT...Red Flag Warning in effect until 9 PM MDT this evening FOR ZONES 123>130. Red Flag Warning in effect from 9 AM to 9 PM MDT Friday FOR ZONES 129-131>133. WY...Red Flag Warning in effect until 9 PM MDT this evening FOR ZONE 284. Red Flag Warning in effect from 9 AM to 9 PM MDT Friday FOR ZONES 274-284.