Cooke City, MT Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

* 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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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