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KEY MESSAGES

- Gusty to locally strong winds western foothills tonight into Thursday. (Livingston, Nye, Big Timber, Harlowton)

- Accumulating snow possible Friday PM through Saturday for lower elevations. Still uncertainty in amounts.

- Persistent snow in the mountains Thursday PM through Saturday with total accumulations over a foot possible.

- Pattern change to warm and very windy Sunday into next week.

AVIATION...18z Discussion

Light snow showers linger at KSHR at this time but are forecast to end by 20z. The MVFR to IFR CIGs are also expected to slowly erode over the coming hours allowing all sites to return to VFR conditions (with the exception of KBHK). Gusty gap winds are forecast to pick up after 01z tonight at KLVM where winds ot of the SW may gust up to 45-50kts. After 04z K6S0 and K3HT may also see some breezy winds out of the west with gusts up to 35kts.

A quick moving front may bring some light snow showers and a quick change to NW winds between 12-16z across the region. A brief dip down to IFR conditions cannot be ruled out at any site during this time. WMR

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS

Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed ----------------------------------------------------------- BIL 021/037 027/036 020/029 018/039 029/043 031/048 032/042 13/S 33/S 64/S 10/B 10/B 13/O 44/O LVM 021/037 026/038 025/038 023/041 030/046 033/051 033/044 05/S 55/S 75/S 21/B 21/N 23/O 44/O HDN 013/037 026/038 018/029 013/039 024/043 027/048 028/042 15/O 63/O 76/S 31/B 21/B 13/O 44/O MLS 010/035 025/033 012/021 008/032 022/041 027/046 025/038 03/S 41/E 62/S 30/B 10/B 13/O 43/O 4BQ 015/037 026/035 018/028 013/036 025/042 028/047 028/039 02/B 32/S 52/S 20/B 10/B 12/O 43/O BHK 005/034 021/032 007/020 003/030 017/039 024/043 020/033 02/Q 41/E 43/S 30/B 20/B 13/O 42/S SHR 013/040 021/037 017/033 017/041 023/046 026/051 027/043 04/S 52/S 64/S 21/B 10/B 12/R 44/O

BYZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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