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DISCUSSION

KEY MESSAGES:

- Peak warmth on Monday with above average temperatures through the whole forecast period.

- Strong winds on Tuesday with a cold front passage.

- Showery weather returns next weekend, especially in the mountains. No major changes through the next 48 hours. High temperatures today will run 15 to 20 degrees above average. A cold front will move through Tuesday and will bring strong gusty winds to the Northern Rockies. Wind advisories will likely be issued tomorrow if models hold their course. Widespread wind gusts across the northern Rockies over 30 mph are expected for most of the afternoon on Tuesday. Widespread gusts over 40 mph are expected for a few hours, and isolated damaging wind gusts over 50 mph are possible with the cold front as it moves through.

Another ridge builds in for Thursday and Friday, but as southwest flow becomes established this weekend, showers and precipitation chances increase. A trough passage is possible by Sunday or Monday.

AVIATION

VFR flight conditions are expected today. Late tonight starting around 07/06Z, winds start increasing for what is expected to be a windy day on Tuesday as a cold front moves through the region. Increased mountain wave activity is expected during the day Tuesday.

MSO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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