• PARTNER: PROTECT YOUR WATERS
  • Go To: THE FLIES OF YELLOWSTONE
  • Go To: YELLOWSTONE FISHING WEATHER
  • Go To: YELLOWSTONE FLY FISHING MAPS
  • Visit: Moldy Chum
  • Visit: The Horse's Mouth
  • Visit: Chi Wulff
  • Visit: Parks' Fly Shop

    • Wednesday, August 03, 2016

    Red Flag

    Red Flag Warning

    Alert:
    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY 
NIGHT... 
 
* IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES AND MAINLY DRY 
THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR 
AND POTENTIALLY NEW FIRE STARTS. A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE 
OVERNIGHT...FOLLOWED BY GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF 
NEW FIRES AND ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR WEDNESDAY. 
 
* AFFECTED AREA: 
IN NORTH CENTRAL WY FIRE ZONE....284. 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MT FIRE ZONES...123...124...125...126...127 
128...129. 
 
* COUNTIES AFFECTED: 
IN CENTRAL MT...GOLDEN VALLEY...MUSSELSHELL...WHEATLAND. 
IN NORTH CENTRAL WY...BIG HORN...JOHNSON...SHERIDAN...WASHAKIE. 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MT...BIG HORN...CARBON...PARK...STILLWATER 
SWEET GRASS...YELLOWSTONE. 
IN SOUTHWEST MT...GALLATIN. 
 
* THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS 
EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND LITTLE 
RAINFALL. 
 
* HUMIDITY: AS LOW AS 10 TO 15 PERCENT. 
 
* TEMPERATURES: 80S IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH 70S IN THE 
MOUNTAINS. 
 
* COLD FRONT: A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT... 
USHERING IN GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. 
 
* WIND: NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WEDNESDAY AND 
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
     
     
    Instructions: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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