Fire Weather Watch until 11:00PM Thursday
The National Weather Service in Billings has issued a Fire Weather Watch...which is in effect from Thursday afternoon through Thursday evening.
* IMPACTS: Low humidities, hot temperatures, strong gusty winds, wind shift with a cold front, and increasing thunderstorm activity will create erratic fire behavior and new fire starts.
* AFFECTED AREA: In North Central WY Fire Zones...274...284. In South Central MT Fire Zones...123...124...125...126...127 128...129. In Southeast MT Fire Zones...130...131...132. In Southeast MT and Northwest SD Fire Zone...133.
* COUNTIES AFFECTED: In Central MT...Golden Valley...Musselshell...Wheatland. In North Central WY...Big Horn...Johnson...Sheridan...Washakie. In Northwest SD...Harding. In South Central MT...Big Horn...Carbon...Park...Stillwater Sweet Grass...Yellowstone. In Southeast MT...Carter...Custer...Fallon...Powder River Rosebud...Treasure. In Southwest MT...Gallatin.
* COLD FRONT: A cold front will cross the districts from Thursday evening through early Friday.
* WIND: Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts of 25 to 35 mph during the afternoon...highest gusts in the western foothills. Winds becoming northwest behind the cold front in the evening with gusty winds in the early evening.
* THUNDERSTORMS: Isolated to scattered thunderstorms over central and western areas in the afternoon, overspreading the rest of the area in the evening. Thunderstorms may produce strong, erratic wind gusts.
* HUMIDITY: From the single digits east to near 20 percent west.
* TEMPERATURES: From the upper 90s west to 108 east.
* AFFECTED AREAS: GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST ... WHEATLAND COUNTY/SWEET GRASS COUNTY ... STILLWATER COUNTY ... BEARTOOTH RANGER DISTRICT CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST ... GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY/MUSSELSHELL COUNTY ... YELLOWSTONE COUNTY ... CROW INDIAN RESERVATION/BIG HORN CANYON REC AREA ... NORTHERN ROSEBUD/NORTHERN TREASURE COUNTIES ... NORTHERN CHEYENNE INDIAN RESERVATION/ASHLAND RANGER DISTRICT CUSTER NATL FOREST ... CUSTER COUNTY ... SIOUX RANGER DISTRICT CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST ... SHERIDAN COUNTY/CASPER BLM ... BIGHORN NATIONAL FOREST
Instructions:
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
Address/Location
Meagher County, MT Sheriff's Office
101 E Crawford St
White Sulphur Springs, MT 59645
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 406-547-3397
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP MEAGHERSO followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Fire Weather Watch