Fly Fishing In Yellowstone National Park: It's That Time

Saturday, August 11, 2018

It's That Time

VISIT NEXT WEEK

Fish Early

fish late

IT'S A SCORCHER

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.. Briefly: west side rivers at the tipping point, Lamar River system is giving up fish, mid day is very hot, critters that can move have moved up, fire danger is very high.

FIRE WEATHER WATCH

Alert:

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON 
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... 
 
* IMPACTS: Low humidities, hot temperatures, wind shift with a 
cold front, and dry thunderstorms with gusty and erratic 
outflow winds will create erratic fire behavior and new fire 
starts. 
 
* AFFECTED AREA: 
In South Central MT...Fire Weather Zones 123...124...125...126... 
127...128 and 129. 
 
* COUNTIES AFFECTED: 
In Central MT...Golden Valley...Musselshell...Wheatland. 
In South Central MT...Big Horn...Carbon...Park...Stillwater 
Sweet Grass...Yellowstone. 
In Southwest MT...Gallatin. 
 
* TEMPERATURES: 95 to 105. 
 
* HUMIDITY: 5 to 15 percent. 
 
* THUNDERSTORMS: Isolated dry thunderstorms possible Saturday 
afternoon and evening. Thunderstorm activity and the potential 
for strong erratic winds will increase Sunday afternoon and 
evening. 
 
* WINDS: South 10 to 20 mph. Higher gusts near thunderstorms.

Instructions:

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.

Target Area:

Beartooth Ranger District Custer National Forest
Crow Indian Reservation, Big Horn Canyon Rec Area
Gallatin National Forest
Golden Valley County, Musselshell County
Stillwater County
Wheatland County, Sweet Grass County
Yellowstone County

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.. Shade is our friend. Shade is the friend of fish right now. Keep this in mind and both fishers and fish will get through this historic heat wave.