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KEY MESSAGES

- Cooler temperatures behind the cold front today.

- Warming trend begins again on Monday.

- Breezy Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. Windy Thursday.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 155 PM MDT Sun Mar 22 2026

Locally breezy conditions in place today along with cooler temperatures behind yesterday's frontal system. Zonal flow pattern is still in place into early this week, with temperatureswarming back into the 70s by Tuesday. The warmer temperatures also bring a return to increasing wind gusts, though winds should remain below advisory criteria at least through Tuesday. There is an extremely small chance that some moisture makes it into the central mountains by Tuesday afternoon, supported by only a few models at this time, but it is enough to generate weak PoP values via the NBM along with extremely light QPF along the periphery of the forecast area. Similar chances exist for Wednesday, which should be the warmest day of this pattern with low elevation highs in the mid to upper 70s. Frontal passage late Wednesday brings increased wind gusts especially into Thursday along with another brief relative cooldown. Total precipitation chances with this system should remain relegated to northern portions of the central mountains and the Island Park area with very light amounts, and the rest of the forecast area remaining dry. Behind the front, expect a swift rebound in temperatures for late next week into the weekend.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/

Issued at 1136 AM MDT Sun Mar 22 2026

VFR conditions forecast at all terminals through the period. Breezy winds in the wake of the cold front will gust up to around 25 kts early day before diminishing through the evening while high-level clouds will increase this evening.

PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.