For Saturday, we are going to have partly to mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers and thunderstorms around, especially during the afternoon/evening and especially along the Hi-Line and in locations east of I-15. A few of the thunderstorms that develop later on tomorrow in eastern portions of north-central Montana (mainly around/east of a line from Havre to Stanford) may be severe with damaging winds (58+ mph) and/or large hail (1+” in diameter).
The worst of the severe weather tomorrow will be in eastern Montana, especially southeastern Montana, where severe thunderstorms with damaging winds, large hail, and possibly a tornado are expected.
Tomorrow is also going to be the coolest day of the next week and probably one of the coolest days for the rest of this month as highs are going to be in the 70s and mid to upper 60s.
Sunday will be the nicer day of the weekend as we are going to have mostly sunny skies and seasonable temperatures as highs are going to be in the 70s and low to mid 80s. Most locations are also going to be dry on Sunday, but there will be a few isolated showers and thunderstorms around during the afternoon and evening along the Hi-Line.
It is also going to be breezy this weekend along the Rocky Mountain Front/Continental Divide as sustained wind speeds are going to be between 10 and 20 mph. Elsewhere, it is going to be a little breezy this weekend as sustained wind speeds are going to be between 5 and 20 mph.
Sunny skies and dry conditions are expected on Monday and Tuesday as an upper-level ridge is going to be in complete control of our weather. The temperatures are also going to warm up some over these two days as highs are going to be in the 80s on Monday and the 90s on Tuesday. It is also going to be a bit breezy in some areas on Tuesday as sustained wind speeds are going to be between 10 and 20 mph.
For Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, we are going to have mostly sunny skies with a few isolated showers and thunderstorms around as a little moisture tries to work its way into our area. Most locations will continue to remain dry though. It is also going to be very hot on Wednesday as highs are going to be in the 90s and low 100s. The temperatures will then cool off a bit for Thursday and Friday as highs are going to be in the mid to upper 70s and low to mid 80s on Thursday and the upper 70s and low to mid 80s on Friday. It is also going to be breezy on Wednesday as sustained wind speeds are going to be between 10 and 25 mph, and there is going to be a bit of a breeze around on Thursday as sustained wind speeds are going to be between 10 and 20 mph.
With sunny, hot, dry, and occasionally breezy weather, the fire danger is really going to increase next week, so please do your part to not start any new fires.
