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KEY MESSAGES

- Dry cold front brings widespread wind gusts of 20 to 40 mph and elevated to critical fire weather conditions to portions of east central and southeastern Montana today.

- Above normal temperatures and drier conditions persist through mid week.

- Moderate confidence in chance of showers/thunder returning for the latter half of the week.

AVIATION

VFR conditions will prevail through the period with passing high clouds. Low level wind shear is expected tonight as west to southwest winds increase above the surface inversion. Winds mix out around 16z. A cold front on Monday will bring a wind shift to the northwest, with gusts of 20 to 35 kts over the area, strongest over northern areas, including KMLS and KBHK. A few high-based showers or weak thunderstorms are possible over and near the southern mountains Monday afternoon/evening. Chambers

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS

Tdy Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun ------------------------------------------------------- BIL 084 047/077 050/091 060/082 052/080 051/076 046/068 0/B 00/U 00/U 13/T 32/T 32/W 22/W LVM 082 042/080 047/089 052/075 045/075 044/070 039/063 0/N 00/U 01/B 36/T 33/T 33/W 32/W HDN 082 044/077 048/092 056/082 050/081 048/077 044/068 0/B 00/U 00/U 14/T 32/T 32/W 22/W MLS 082 045/075 046/090 058/084 052/080 050/077 046/068 0/N 30/U 00/N 12/T 31/U 32/W 31/N 4BQ 081 046/073 045/090 059/083 050/078 049/076 046/067 0/B 00/U 00/U 03/T 41/U 32/W 32/W BHK 081 042/073 041/084 054/084 050/077 048/076 045/067 1/N 30/U 00/N 11/N 22/W 23/W 32/W SHR 081 041/073 042/089 051/080 044/077 043/074 040/065 0/B 10/U 00/U 04/T 33/T 23/T 23/W

BYZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

MT...Red Flag Warning in effect from 9 AM this morning to 9 PM MDT this evening FOR ZONES 130-132-133. WY...None.