Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
823 FXUS65 KBYZ 072206 AFDBYZ Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Billings MT 306 PM MST Thu Nov 7 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - Warmer and mainly dry conditions into the weekend, small rain/snow chances over far SE Montana and over the Absaroka/Beartooth Ranges. - Strong wind potential west of Billings (especially along I-90) Sunday into Monday. && .DISCUSSION... Today through Friday night... With high pressure building into the region, warm and dry conditions can be expected through Friday. Pressure gradients over the western foothills will continue to break down, allowing for winds to decrease through the afternoon. Low temperatures tonight will be in the 20s to low 30s. High temperatures Friday will be in the 50s to low 60s. TS Saturday through Wednesday Main forecast concerns are on breezy southwest wind potential in the foothills Saturday night and again Sunday night into Monday. Rain could (20-40% Chance) impact far southeast MT Saturday night. Focus then turns to high elevation snow and low elevation rain/snow chances Monday night into Tuesday. Ridging will be the dominate weather feature over the forecast area into the weekend, however, low pressure tracking through the Central Plains could bring light rain to southeast Montana Saturday night. There is a 20-40 percent chance that portions of Carter and Powder River Counties could receive measurable rain (>0.01 inches). A trough approaches the region early next weak and a weak shortwave could move through ahead of the main trough Sunday into Sunday night producing snow/rain showers over the Absaroka/Beartooth Ranges. WPC Clusters show fairly good agreement on a troughing pattern developing over the western CONUS by the middle of next week but there remains high uncertainty in the depth and exact position of the trough axis, will have to keep a close eye on this in future model runs. && .AVIATION... VFR conditions will prevail over the next 24 hours. The breezy winds over KBIL, KLVM, and other airports along the western foothills will decrease this afternoon. Arends && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS... Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu ----------------------------------------------------------- BIL 031/057 034/060 038/056 034/060 037/050 030/051 033/054 00/U 00/U 00/E 00/B 33/R 10/B 11/B LVM 027/059 030/060 033/054 031/057 031/045 024/048 031/052 00/U 00/U 11/N 11/N 65/O 11/N 22/O HDN 023/055 026/057 029/056 029/060 033/051 027/052 028/055 00/U 00/U 01/B 10/B 34/R 10/B 01/B MLS 023/055 029/055 030/056 029/058 034/052 028/051 028/054 00/U 01/B 00/B 00/B 13/R 10/U 00/B 4BQ 026/055 034/054 032/056 031/060 037/052 029/050 029/055 00/U 01/B 00/B 00/U 13/R 10/U 00/B BHK 022/058 030/055 030/055 026/056 032/052 025/049 025/054 00/U 01/B 10/N 00/U 12/R 10/U 00/B SHR 026/058 029/058 030/056 027/061 031/051 024/051 026/056 00/U 01/B 01/B 10/U 26/R 20/U 01/B && .BYZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MT...None. WY...None. && $$ weather.gov/billings