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Warmup Comes With Wind

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A warm-up is on the way but so is a lot of wind. Temperatures will gradually warm each day through Sunday, but wind will be an issue. There will be more wind over the plains and mountains than the valleys as some inversions will form. Friday will start a warming trend with highs reaching the 50s and low 60s under partly cloudy skies. It will be very windy with gusts topping 40mph in some areas. This weekend will be warmer with highs in the 50s and 60s on Saturday, 60s and 70s on Sunday. The wind will be fairly gusty both Saturday and Sunday, with the exception of the valley locations of western Montana. Besides a brief cooldown for Monday with a few mixed rain and snow showers. Most of next week looks warm and dry with a lot of sunshine. Some of the state's wildfires that were active last week did not receive much precipitation out of this last storm cycle. As temperatures warm and the wind increases this weekend and next week, the fire danger will start climbing again. One fire to watch is the Crown Mountain Fire southwest of Augusta. This fire is still smoldering after not really receiving much precipitation. Other fires such as the Haystack and Woods Creek had significant snow which likely has put them out.

Curtis Grevenitz
Chief Meteorologist