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Billings - MT, US, National Weather Service

Stillwater County

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Billings has issued a Fire Weather Watch...which is in effect from Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday evening. IMPACTS: Low humidities, unseasonably warm temperatures, strong gusty winds, and wind shift with a cold front may create erratic fire behavior and the potential for new fire starts. AFFECTED AREA: In South Central MT Fire Zones...123...124...125. For Zone 123, the worst conditions will impact the lower elevations where grasses remain dead or dry. COUNTIES AFFECTED: In Central MT...Wheatland. In South Central MT...Park...Stillwater...Sweet Grass. In Southwest MT...Gallatin. COLD FRONT: Frontal passage is forecast Wednesday evening, bringing an end to the strongest gusts and a shift from the west to the north-northeast. Light showers are possible behind the front, although the chance of a wetting rain is low. WIND: West 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph, strongest from Livingston to Big Timber and north through Harlowton. HUMIDITY: As low as 15 percent. TEMPERATURES: Up to 75 degrees. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.