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Fire Weather Watch
ActiveBeartooth Ranger District Custer National Forest; Sheridan County/Casper BLM; Bighorn National Forest
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The National Weather Service in Billings has issued a Fire Weather Watch...which is in effect from Friday afternoon through Friday evening.
* IMPACTS: Low humidities, unseasonably warm temperatures, and strong gusty winds will create erratic fire behavior for new or existing fires.
* AFFECTED AREA: In North Central WY Fire Zones...274...284. In South Central MT Fire Zone...126.
* COUNTIES AFFECTED: In North Central WY...Big Horn...Johnson...Sheridan...Washakie. In South Central MT...Carbon...Park...Stillwater...Sweet Grass.
* WIND: Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
* HUMIDITY: As low as 10 percent.
* TEMPERATURES: Up to 88 degrees.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS: The worst conditions are expected across the lower to middle elevations in fine fuels.
Instructions
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
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