NWS / NOAA weather: Red Flag Warning issued August 2 at 2:59PM MDT until August 3 at 3:00AM MDT by NWS Billings MT
* IMPACTS: Low humidities, hot temperatures, gusty winds, and a
wind shift with a cold front 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.
* COUNTIES AFFECTED:
In Central MT...Golden Valley...Musselshell...Wheatland.
In North Central WY...Big Horn...Johnson...Sheridan...Washakie.
In South Central MT...Big Horn...Carbon...Park...Stillwater
Sweet Grass...Yellowstone.
In Southeast MT...Custer...Powder River...Rosebud...Treasure.
In Southwest MT...Gallatin.
* WIND: North to east 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph over the
plains and southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 35 mph over the
mountains this afternoon, becoming north 15 to 20 mph with gusts
up to 30 mph across the area this evening into tonight, with
locally stronger gusts near the mountains.
* HUMIDITY: As low as 10 to 20 percent.
* TEMPERATURES: 80 to 95 degrees.
* COLD FRONT: A cold front will move through the area this evening
into tonight shifting winds out of the north.
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 1720th Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days