BILLINGS — Cooler than average temperatures for most, but not all, of the week.
Temperatures will be below seasonal averages Monday and Tuesday, with highs mainly in the 70s. Expect sunny to mostly sunny afternoons, but a bit breezy especially east of Billings.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms will develop during the afternoon and evening favoring areas from Billings to the east. Winds could be gusty around thunderstorms, but severe weather is not expected.
Temperatures bound upward to the 80s to low 90s on Wednesday but return to the 70s to low 80s on Thursday and Friday afternoons. Overnight temperatures will be mainly in the 40s and 50s, but 30s in the mountain foothills.
At this point, the overall trend heading into the Labor Day weekend is for generally warm and dry conditions.
Billings forecast:
Monday… Mostly sunny with a Northwest wind 10 to 20 mph. A high of about 76.
Monday night… Isolated showers and thunderstorms during the evening, and then some clearing overnight. A low near 51.
Tuesday… Sunny to mostly sunny with a high around 77. Light westerly wind.
