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KEY MESSAGES

- Warmer than normal temperatures and mostly dry through the weekend; temps 10-15 degrees above normal.

- Brief period of snow for the Beartooth-Absaroka and Bighorn Mountains today and tonight; 1-4" expected in the mountains around Cooke City. - Gusty winds return to the western foothills by the weekend; 30-50% chance of gusts reaching 50 mph at Livingston.

- Becoming cooler and more unsettled toward the middle of next week.

UPDATE

Quick update for the latest model trends with moisture moving into southwest mountains and to adjust temperatures today for the cold start to this morning over northwest zones. Chambers

AVIATION

VFR conditions, with extensive high level cloud cover today, will prevail into Thursday morning. Chambers

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS

Tdy Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue ------------------------------------------------------- BIL 047 026/053 027/054 029/053 032/054 031/056 031/049 0/B 10/U 00/U 00/E 11/E 11/B 23/W LVM 046 027/051 027/049 029/049 032/051 032/051 031/045 2/B 10/U 00/B 01/B 11/E 22/W 34/J HDN 046 022/054 024/056 025/055 029/056 029/058 030/051 0/B 00/U 00/U 00/B 11/E 11/B 24/W MLS 046 022/048 024/050 026/051 027/052 028/053 029/048 0/B 00/U 00/B 00/B 00/B 11/B 24/W 4BQ 048 024/052 026/053 026/054 029/054 029/059 033/052 0/B 00/U 00/U 00/B 00/B 00/U 13/W BHK 047 022/048 024/049 025/050 026/050 026/052 028/044 0/B 00/U 00/B 00/B 00/B 01/B 24/W SHR 047 023/052 022/052 023/052 026/054 027/057 028/050 1/B 10/U 00/U 00/B 00/E 11/U 24/W

BYZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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