Full Notification

The National Weather Service in Billings has issued a Fire Weather Watch...which is in effect from Friday afternoon through Saturday afternoon.

* IMPACTS: Low humidities, unseasonably warm temperatures, strong gusty winds, and wind shift with a cold front may create erratic fire behavior.

* 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 20 to 35 mph in the afternoon and evening, strongest 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.

* 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 to the 60s for Saturday.

* 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

Instructions:

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.