Q2 Billings Area Weather: A dry and warmer-than-average start to the week [Video]

BILLINGS — After waking up to patchy fog in some spots, expecting dry conditions on Monday as high pressure briefly builds over the area. This will keep temperatures warmer-than-average and also bring an increase in winds over the western foothills with gusts over 30 mph possible. Daytime highs will be in the mid-50s to low 60s.

A cold front moves through the area on Tuesday morning, bringing a chance of precipitation. Lower elevations can expect mainly rain with less than a tenth of an inch of accumulation expected. Snow returns to the mountains with a chance of 1-3″ by Tuesday night across the Beartooths, Absarokas, and Bighorns. Afternoon temperatures will be cooler behind the front, dipping to the mid-40s to low 50s on Tuesday.

Winds will turn stronger Tuesday night through Thursday morning with gusts between 45-65 mph from Harlowton to Big Timber to Livingston to Nye.

Dry conditions make …