Headline:
Fire Weather Watch issued July 23 at 1:13PM MDT until July 26 at 12:00AM MDT by NWS Billings MT
Event:
Fire Weather Watch
Urgency:
Future
Effective:
July 23, 2026 - 12:13pm
Expires:
July 24, 2026 - 12:15pm
Description:
The National Weather Service in Billings has issued a Fire Weather
Watch...which is in effect from Saturday afternoon through
Saturday evening.
* IMPACTS: Low humidities, hot temperatures, and high-based
thunderstorms with gusty and erratic outflow winds may create
erratic fire behavior and new fire starts.
* AFFECTED AREA:
In North Central WY Fire Zones...274...284.
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...Big Horn...Johnson...Sheridan...Washakie.
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: Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph.
* THUNDERSTORMS: Scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms will
produce gusty and erratic winds, and spotty rainfall.
* HUMIDITY: Minimums of 12 to 19 percent.
* TEMPERATURES: Highs of 99 to 107 below 5000 feet, hottest in the
east.
Instruction:
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red
Flag Warnings.
Area Description:
Gallatin National Forest; Wheatland County/Sweet Grass County; Stillwater County; Beartooth Ranger District Custer National Forest; Golden Valley County/Musselshell County; Yellowstone County; Crow Indian Reservation/Big Horn Canyon Rec Area; Northern Rosebud/Northern Treasure Counties; Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation/Ashland Ranger District Custer Natl Forest; Custer County; Sioux Ranger District Custer National Forest; Sheridan County/Casper BLM; Bighorn National Forest
Forcast Office:
NWS Billings MT
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