There will continue to be some haze around through at least Friday, with the thickest haze expected in north-central Montana. This haze will reduce the visibility some, but only minor impacts to the air quality are expected as the air quality should be in the “good” or moderate” category in most locations.
There are going to be some isolated showers and thunderstorms around this evening and tonight. We are also going to have partly cloudy skies and pleasant temperatures tonight as lows are going to be in the 50s and upper 40s in most locations.
Here is the detailed forecast:
Tomorrow, we are going to have partly to mostly cloudy skies with a few showers and thunderstorms around during the morning and scattered showers and thunderstorms around during the afternoon and evening as an upper-level trough begins to impact our area. A few of the thunderstorms that develop later on tomorrow may be strong to low-end severe with gusty to strong winds, heavy rainfall, and some hail, so make sure you keep an eye to the sky if you are going to be outdoors at all!
How strong the thunderstorms are tomorrow will depend on how much sunshine we see. More sunshine will lead to more instability and stronger thunderstorms, while less sunshine will lead to less instability and weaker thunderstorms. Right now, eastern portions of north-central Montana (east of a line from Havre to Stanford) have the best chance to see a couple severe thunderstorms (58+ mph winds and/or 1+” hail) later on tomorrow as that’s where the most instability is expected.
It is also not going to be as warm tomorrow as it was today as highs are going to be in the 70s and low to mid 80s, with the warmest temperatures in northeastern Montana.
There are then going to be some more scattered showers and thunderstorms around on Friday as the upper-level trough continues to impact our area. We are also going to have mostly cloudy skies on Friday and highs are going to be in the 70s in most spots.
This weekend is looking a lot drier than what we thought earlier this week as the trough is moving faster and is not as strong as what the models were initially forecasting. On Saturday, there are still going to be some scattered showers and a few thunderstorms around, but a good chunk of the day will be dry. There are then just going to be some isolated showers and thunderstorms around on Sunday, generally in the mountains and in northeastern Montana.
We are also going to have partly cloudy skies on Saturday and partly to mostly sunny skies on Sunday. It will also be mild this weekend as highs are going to be in the 70s and low 80s in most locations.
On Monday, we are going to have partly to mostly sunny skies with some isolated showers and thunderstorms around later in the day as a disturbance begins to approach our area. There are then going to be a few scattered showers and thunderstorms around on Tuesday as this disturbance passes through our area. We are also going to have a mixture of sun and clouds on Tuesday. Mostly sunny skies and mostly dry conditions are then expected on Wednesday. We are also going to have seasonable temperatures next week as highs are going to be in the 70s in most locations.
