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KEY MESSAGES

- Near normal temperatures continue through Friday.

- A warm front on Saturday will bring several days of above normal temperatures. - Mostly dry weather is expected for the next several days.

DISCUSSION

WEATHER PATTERN OVERVIEW:

A nearly zonal flow today will transition into a deepening trough on Friday as several shortwaves push through the northern Rockies. With the amplifying flow, by the weekend a ridge will move across the western states.

A cold front will move though tonight that will keep temperatures seasonably cold for Friday. Measurable moisture will stay to the south and west of the forecast area with this system.

Saturday and Saturday night, a warm front is expected to move east across the area which will bring a return to above normal temperatures. If skies clear with light winds, nighttime fog is possible. An upper level ridge will prevail early next week with dry weather and much warmer than normal temperatures for the snow-free southwest zones.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE & DEVIATIONS:

Confidence for temperatures over the next week is high for sustained mild conditions in the southwest zones, while low to medium for the Hi-Line where light snow pack lingers and inversions are likely. Guidance diverges the middle of next week for the extent of a colder and/or wetter trend returning.

-JEZ

AVIATION

UPDATED: 2000Z

FLIGHT CONDITION: VFR

DISCUSSION: Scattered to broken mid-level clouds dominate through the cycle. Winds increase late tonight out of the northwest behind a cold front, 10-15 kts with gusts up to 25 kts.

GGW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.