There have been some scattered showers and thunderstorms around today, generally in locations east of I-15, as a disturbance has been working its way through the state. It has also been partly cloudy, mild, and breezy today.
Here is the detailed forecast:
There will continue to be a few showers and thunderstorms around this evening and early tonight, mainly in eastern portions of north-central Montana, as the disturbance departs our area. The skies will clear out as we go through this evening, with mainly clear skies expected overnight. Lows tonight will be in the 40s in most locations.
Picture perfect weather is expected tomorrow as it is going to be mainly sunny, dry, and warm as highs are going to be in the 70s and low to mid 80s. It will be gusty again tomorrow along the Rocky Mountain Front as gusts up to 50 mph are possible. Elsewhere, there is just going to be a bit of a breeze around tomorrow as sustained wind speeds are going to be between 5 and 20 mph.
This weekend will not be as wet as last weekend was, but there will be some scattered showers and thunderstorms around later Saturday through Sunday. A few of the thunderstorms that develop in northeastern Montana Saturday afternoon/evening may be severe with damaging winds (58+ mph) and/or large hail (1+” in diameter). It is also going to be partly to mostly cloudy this weekend.
The temperatures will cool down some between Saturday and Sunday as highs are going to be in the 70s and mid to upper 60s on Saturday and the mid to upper 50s and low to mid 60s on Sunday. There is also going to be a breeze around on Sunday as sustained wind speeds are going to be between 10 and 25 mph.
Monday will feature partly cloudy skies and mostly dry conditions as high pressure will briefly be in control of our weather. There are then going to be some scattered showers and thunderstorms around on Tuesday and widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms around on Wednesday and Thursday as an upper-level trough is going to be in control of our weather. It is also going to be partly to mostly cloudy Tuesday through Thursday.
Next week will start off mild as highs are going to be in the mid to upper 60s and low to mid 70s on Monday and Tuesday. The temperatures will then cool down for Wednesday and Thursday as highs are going to be back in the 60s and upper 50s on Wednesday and the mid to upper 50s and low to mid 60s on Thursday.. There is also going to be a bit of a breeze around on Wednesday and Thursday as sustained wind speeds are going to be between 10 and 20 mph.
