Headline:
Fire Weather Watch issued August 6 at 1:35PM MDT until August 9 at 12:00AM MDT by NWS Missoula MT
Event:
Fire Weather Watch
Urgency:
Future
Effective:
August 6, 2026 - 12:35pm
Expires:
August 6, 2026 - 8:45pm
Description:
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD, EAST BEAVERHEAD, EAST LOLO, AND
BITTERROOT...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING DUE
TO WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD AND
EAST BEAVERHEAD...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING DUE TO WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PALOUSE/HELLS
CANYON...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST LOLO
AND FLATHEAD RESERVATION...
...
.Increasingly, hot, dry, and breezy if not windy conditions are
expected to continue and peak on Saturday August 8th. Poor overnight
recoveries, with elevated temperatures and dry conditions, remain
expected above valley floors and in higher terrain.
The National Weather Service in Missoula MT has issued a Fire Weather
Watch.
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 102.
* TIMING...From Friday morning through Saturday evening.
* WINDS...West winds 5 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative Humidity between 5 to 20 percent.
* IMPACTS...Critical fire weather conditions are expected in the
Palouse and Hells Canyon region, western portions of Fire Weather
Zone 102, with elevated to near-critical fire weather conditions
expected in the remainder of the zone. Any fires that develop will
spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Instruction:
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of
this Fire Weather Watch.
Area Description:
Palouse/Nezperce Reservation/Hells Canyon Region
Forcast Office:
NWS Missoula MT
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov