WEATHER DISCUSSION: Through this afternoon, North Central and Central Montana saw mostly dry conditions, sunny skies, and high temperatures that topped out in the mid to upper-70s and low to mid-80s. Tonight, expect mild low temperatures in the upper-40s and low to upper-50s with partly cloudy skies and 5 to 15 mph winds, gusts up to 40 mph along the Rocky Mountain Front.

A weak upper-level shortwave, an upper-level trough, and a surface cold front begin to move over the area this evening. Isolated showers and thunderstorms will affect mainly Southwestern Montana before coverage increases across North Central and Central MT tonight.

On Monday the upper-level trough remains over the area. This combined with the surface cold front will cool temperatures down to slightly below seasonal ave

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