Monday, October 1, 2012

A Red Flag Warning is in effect for the Billings,Montana area

RED FLAG WARNING
in effect until Wednesday,October 3, 12:00AM,MDT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND WIND SHIFT WITH A COLD FRONT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...ALL OF SOUTHEAST MONTANA...PARTS OF NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA...AND PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING...
* AFFECTED AREA...IN MONTANA...FIRE ZONES...123...124...125...126 127...128...129...130 131...132...133 IN WYOMING...FIRE ZONES...274...284
* IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS AND A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING.
* COLD FRONT...A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY EVENING WITH A STRONG WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH.
* WIND...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY TUESDAY...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.
* HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 TO 15 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL RANGE FROM THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S. SOME HIGHEST ELEVATIONS WILL REMAIN IN THE 60S.
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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
&& HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS

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