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ActiveGallatin National Forest; Wheatland County/Sweet Grass County; Stillwater County; Beartooth Ranger District Custer National Forest; Golden Valley County/Musselshell County
Status
In Progress
Started about 2 hours ago
Ends
Issued
Severity
Severe
Urgency
Expected
Certainty
Likely
Details
* IMPACTS: Low humidities, hot temperatures, gusty winds, and a wind shift with a cold front will create erratic fire behavior.
* AFFECTED AREA: In South Central MT Fire Zones...123...124...125...126...127 128.
* COUNTIES AFFECTED: In Central MT...Golden Valley...Musselshell...Wheatland. In South Central MT...Carbon...Park...Stillwater...Sweet Grass Yellowstone. In Southwest MT...Gallatin.
* WIND: Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph today, becoming 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.
* HUMIDITY: As low as 5 percent today and 10 percent Sunday.
* TEMPERATURES: Up to 105 degrees today and 100 degrees Sunday.
* COLD FRONT: A cold front moves through tonight shifting winds from the southwest to the northwest.
Data from the National Weather Service
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