New Fire Weather Watch: Powerful, Volatile Winds Across Montana
Friday and Saturday will be extremely windy across the entire state of Montana. If you plan on traveling with a large truck or towing unit, keep a keen eye on these conditions AND know that any small fires that start will be far more difficult to control.
Fire Weather Watches along with High Wind Watches currently cover all of Montana. Many counties have both in effect through approximately mid-day Saturday.
A MONTANA FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
- IMPACTS: Low humidities, unseasonably warm temperatures, strong gusty winds, and wind shift with a dry cold front will create erratic fire behavior and new fire starts.
- AFFECTED AREA: In South Central MT Fire Zones...123...124...125...126...127 128...129.
- COUNTIES AFFECTED: In Central MT...Golden Valley...Musselshell...Wheatland. In South Central MT...Big Horn...Carbon...Park...Stillwater Sweet Grass...Yellowstone. In Southwest MT...Gallatin.
- COLD FRONT: Arrives Friday night, bringing a shift from southwest to strong west to northwest winds.
- WIND: Southwest gusts 20 to 35 mph in the afternoon and evening, locally stronger along the western foothills where gusts are expected to exceed 50 mph by Friday evening.
- West to northwest winds gusting near 50 mph are expected behind the frontal passage late Friday night through Saturday morning.
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- HUMIDITY: Minimums of 10 to 15 percent Friday, followed by a poor recovery Friday night. Minimums of 15 to 25 percent on Saturday.
- TEMPERATURES: Highs in the lower to mid 80s Friday, cooling into the 60s to lower 70s for Saturday.
- PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur.
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