Alert Details
* IMPACTS: Low humidities, hot temperatures, and gusty winds will create erratic fire behavior and new fire starts. * AFFECTED AREA: In North Central WY Fire Zone...274. 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 North Central WY...Sheridan. 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: South 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * HUMIDITY: Minimums of 5 to 10 percent. * TEMPERATURES: 105 to 112. * COLD FRONT: Arrives over south central Montana this evening, bringing a shift to breezy northwest winds. The front will reach far southeast Montana early Monday morning. Before the frontal passage, a southeasterly low level jet will produce gusty ridgetop winds (up to 40 mph) and a slow humidity recovery over southeast Montana tonight.