NWS / NOAA weather: Red Flag Warning issued August 2 at 1:14AM MDT until August 2 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Billings MT
* IMPACTS: Low humidities, hot temperatures, gusty winds, and wind
shifts with two cold fronts will create erratic fire behavior.
* 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.
* WIND: Northwest 10 to 15 with gusts to 25 mph along and behind a
cold front tonight into Sunday morning. Winds become east over
the plains and southwest over the mountains Sunday afternoon.
Northeast winds will get gusty again this evening as another cold
front moves through the region.
* HUMIDITY: In the Teens.
* TEMPERATURES: Mid 90s.
* COLD FRONT: A cold front will move through the area overnight
into mid morning. Another push of cooler air arrives early this
evening.
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 1802nd Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days