Red Flag Warning

The National Weather Service in Billings has upgraded the Fire Weather Watch to a Red Flag Warning...which is in effect from noon to 8 PM MDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS: Low humidities, unseasonably warm temperatures, and strong gusty winds will create erratic fire behavior.

* AFFECTED AREA: In South Central MT Fire Zones...123...124...127.

* COUNTIES AFFECTED: In Central MT...Golden Valley...Musselshell...Wheatland. In South Central MT...Park...Sweet Grass. In Southwest MT...Gallatin.

* WIND: West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

* HUMIDITY: As low as 10 percent.

* TEMPERATURES: In the 80s.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS: The worst conditions are expected across lower elevations that have received little precipitation in the past week.