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FXUS65 KBYZ 261941
AFDBYZ
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
141 PM MDT THU MAR 26 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- COOLER AND BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WITH MOUNTAIN SNOW
AND RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS.
- WARM & DRY AGAIN THIS WEEKEND, WITH POTENTIAL FOR BREEZY
CONDITIONS OVER THE WESTERN FOOTHILLS LATE IN THE WEEKEND.
- CONDITIONS MAY BECOME MORE UNSETTLED NEXT WEEK.
DISCUSSION
THE REST OF TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
AS THE WEAK WAVE BRINGING SCATTERED RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS AND BREEZY
CONDITIONS EXITS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, UPPER LEVEL RIDGING
BUILDS IN, BRINGING WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY. HIGHS
WILL INCREASE FROM UPPER 40S TO UPPER 50S FRIDAY TO 60S AND 70S
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDEST THIS
EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING, FALLING BELOW FREEZING AND CAUSING
SLICK SPOTS AS WET ROADS FREEZE.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY HAVE POTENTIAL TO SEE BREEZY CONDITIONS OVER
THE WESTERN FOOTHILLS AS 700 MB WINDS INCREASE. CURRENTLY, MONDAY
HAS THE BEST CHANCE, WITH A 40-60% CHANCE OF GUSTS GREATER 50 MPH
ALONG THE ABSAROKA/BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS AND THE CORRIDOR FROM BIG
TIMBER TO HARLOWTON.
NEXT WEEK, CONDITIONS LOOK TO BECOME COOLER AND UNSETTLED AS THE
UPPER LEVEL FLOW TURNS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST. MODELS DISAGREE ON
THE EXACT TIMING AND WHETHER BRIEF RIDGING BUILDS IN LATE TUESDAY
OR UPPER LEVEL FLOW REMAINS SOUTHWESTERLY. THIS LEADS TO TWO
OPTIONS FOR TEMPERATURES: ON THE COOLER SIDE, DAILY HIGHS WILL BE
MOSTLY IN THE 30S AND 40S AND ON THE WARMER SIDE, HIGHS MOSTLY IN
THE 50S AND 60S. EITHER SCENARIO WILL RESULT IN DAILY LOW TO
MODERATE PRECIPITATION CHANCES, WITH A DIFFERENCE IN IF
PRECIPITATION IS MOSTLY RAIN OR SNOW. ARCHER
AVIATION
STRATUS AND PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AS BREEZY
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. AS WINDS DECREASE TONIGHT, PATCHY FOG MAY DEVELOP OVER
PORTIONS OF EASTERN MONTANA (20 PERCENT CHANCE). OTHERWISE, VFR
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL INTO FRIDAY. ARENDS
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS
FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU
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BIL 025/058 038/072 039/066 038/072 035/054 031/051 034/058
00/U 00/B 00/B 12/W 44/W 44/W 44/W
LVM 024/057 034/068 039/068 043/068 038/054 031/050 036/054
00/U 00/B 00/B 12/W 44/W 44/W 46/W
HDN 023/059 031/072 035/068 037/074 034/057 030/053 031/060
00/U 00/B 00/B 12/W 44/W 44/W 44/W
MLS 022/053 031/067 037/063 035/069 034/054 028/049 028/054
00/U 00/B 00/B 11/B 23/W 33/W 33/W
4BQ 022/054 035/069 038/067 039/072 039/056 031/050 032/058
10/U 00/U 00/U 01/B 22/W 33/W 33/W
BHK 017/049 030/066 034/063 033/067 031/050 024/050 029/054
00/U 00/B 00/B 11/B 22/W 32/W 33/W
SHR 022/055 031/070 035/068 037/074 036/057 028/052 030/061
10/U 00/U 00/U 02/W 34/W 44/W 44/W
BYZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MT...NONE.
WY...NONE.
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