* 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.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of gusty winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.