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Fire Weather Watch for Eastern Glacier/Toole/Central/Eastern Pondera/Liberty; Hill and Blaine Counties; Lewis and Clark National Forest Rocky Mountain District-Rocky Mountain Front +4 more

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What is happening

Impacts: Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Containment of any ongoing or new fires may be very difficult. Outdoor burning is not recommended.

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A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are possible. A combination of gusty winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures will create high fire growth potential. Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in these areas of this Fire Weather Watch.

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* AFFECTED AREA...Eastern Glacier/Toole/Central/Eastern Pondera/Liberty, Hill and Blaine Counties, Lewis and Clark National Forest Rocky Mountain District-Rocky Mountain Front, Chouteau and Fergus Counties, Lincoln Ranger District of the Helena National Forest, Central and Eastern Lewis and Clark National Forest Areas and Helena and Townsend Ranger Districts of the Helena National Forest. * WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. Along the Rocky Mountain Front, west winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph and isolated cases of 75 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 8 percent. * TEMPERATURES...Between 100 and 110 degrees on Saturday. * COLD FRONT...A strong, dry cold front will arrive Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Containment of any ongoing or new fires may be very difficult. Outdoor burning is not recommended.

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Official revisions

4 captured
  1. Update

    Fire Weather Watch issued July 30 at 11:39PM MDT until August 2 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Great Falls MT

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  2. Update

    Fire Weather Watch issued July 30 at 2:42PM MDT until August 2 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Great Falls MT

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  3. Update

    Fire Weather Watch issued July 30 at 12:37AM MDT until August 2 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Great Falls MT

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  4. Alert

    Fire Weather Watch issued July 29 at 10:46AM MDT until August 2 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Great Falls MT

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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Great Falls MT. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

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