Fire Weather Watch

The National Weather Service in Great Falls has issued a Fire Weather Watch for hot temperatures, gusty winds, and low relative humidity, which is in effect from Friday morning through Saturday evening.

* AFFECTED AREA...Eastern Glacier/Toole/Central/Eastern Pondera/Liberty, Hill and Blaine Counties, Lewis and Clark National Forest Rocky Mountain District-Rocky Mountain Front, Chouteau and Fergus Counties and Central and Eastern Lewis and Clark National Forest Areas.

* WINDS...Westerly 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 10 to 15 percent.

* TEMPERATURES...Mostly 90s and 100s.

* THUNDERSTORMS...Isolated to widely scattered showers and thunderstorms may cause localized strong, and erratic wind gusts and lightning, mostly over zones 115 and 117 Saturday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Containment of any ongoing or new fires may be very difficult.