…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY… The National Weather Service in Billings has issued a Red Flag Warning…which is in effect from 11 AM to 9 PM MDT Thursday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.
* IMPACTS: Low humidities, unseasonably warm temperatures, strong gusty winds, and wind shift with a cold front will create erratic fire behavior and new fire starts.
* AFFECTED AREA: In South Central MT Fire Zones…123…124…125…126…127 128…129. In Southeast MT Fire Zones…130…131…132. In Southeast MT and Northwest SD Fire Zone…133.
* COUNTIES AFFECTED: In Central MT…Golden Valley…Musselshell…Wheatland. In Northwest SD…Harding. In South Central MT…Big Horn…Carbon…Park…Stillwater Sweet Grass…Yellowstone. In Southeast MT…Carter…Custer…Fallon…Powder River Rosebud…Treasure. In Southwest MT…Gallatin. * WIND: West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * HUMIDITY: As low as 12 percent. * TEMPERATURES: In the 70s to around 80. * DRY COLD FRONT: Late Thursday afternoon into the evening shifting winds to the north.
