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FXUS65 KBYZ 091546
AFDBYZ
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
846 AM MST TUE FEB 9 2010
SHORT TERM...VALID FOR TDY AND WED
NO CHANGES TO THE FORECAST FOR TODAY. SOME AREAS OF FOG STILL
EXIST ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA BUT IS QUICKLY BURNING OFF.
WILL KEEP THE MENTION GOING THROUGH THE LATE MORNING IN THE
FORECAST. REST OF TODAY WILL BE SUNNY WITH NO PRECIP AS A WEAK
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
WARMER TODAY ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL ZONES AS
THE ARCTIC AIR SHIFTS EAST. WINDS WILL ALSO BE A LITTLE GUSTY
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN AREAS WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
THROUGH THE DAY. SOLUM
LONG TERM...VALID FOR THU...FRI...SAT...SUN...MON
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE CURRENT FORECAST AS MAINLY DRY AND
SEASONAL WEATHER AHEAD. THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE UNDER NORTHWEST
FLOW THROUGH MOST OF THE EXTENDED TIME PERIOD AS A MEAN RIDGE
REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. WEAK PIECES OF
ENERGY WILL STREAM OVER THE AREA IN NORTHWEST FLOW...AND COULD
CREATE WEAK SNOW SHOWERS LATE IN THE WEEK. DID BUMP POPS OVER
AREAS EAST OF BILLINGS FOR THE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT
PERIOD FOR SUCH WAVES. DID NOT GO TOO HIGH WITH POPS AS STRONGEST
DYNAMICS WILL BE DEFLECTED NORTH AND NOT A LOT OF MOISTURE WILL
BE INVOLVED. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE SLOWLY THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...BUT NORTHWEST FLOW AND DEEP SNOW COVER WILL PREVENT AN
AGGRESSIVE WARM UP. HUMPHREY
AVIATION
ANY LINGERING FOG AND LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS WILL DISSIPATE THIS
MORNING. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TONIGHT WITH MOSTLY
CLEAR SKIES. FRIEDERS
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS
TDY WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON
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BIL 019 006/029 015/034 019/039 025/041 025/038 026/038
0/B 00/B 01/B 11/B 12/S 21/B 10/B
LVM 028 008/033 018/035 023/040 028/043 028/039 024/039
0/B 00/N 11/B 11/B 22/S 21/B 10/B
HDN 019 006/030 013/032 017/039 022/040 022/038 021/037
0/B 00/B 01/B 01/B 12/S 21/B 11/B
MLS 013 905/025 007/029 014/032 018/035 018/035 018/034
0/U 01/B 12/S 12/S 12/S 21/B 11/B
4BQ 019 002/030 009/030 013/035 018/037 018/036 018/035
0/U 00/B 02/S 11/B 12/S 21/B 11/B
BHK 012 906/023 005/026 011/029 014/030 014/031 014/035
0/B 01/B 12/S 12/S 21/B 11/B 11/B
SHR 024 001/033 009/031 011/036 017/038 017/039 018/038
0/U 00/B 11/B 11/B 12/S 21/B 10/B
BYZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MT...NONE.
WY...NONE.
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