Fire Weather Watch

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Fire weather watch in effect from saturday morning through saturday evening due to wind and low relative humidity for palouse/hells canyon and clearwater/nez perce...
fire weather watch in effect from saturday afternoon through saturday evening due to wind and low relative humidity for a portion of mt...
fire weather watch in effect from saturday afternoon through sunday evening due to wind and low relative humidity for deerlodge/west beaverhead and east beaverhead...

a dry cold front on saturday will bring critical fire weather conditions to the region.

Full Alert Message

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Missoula MT 845 AM MDT Wed Jul 29 2026 Fire weather watch in effect from saturday morning through saturday evening due to wind and low relative humidity for palouse/hells canyon and clearwater/nez perce... fire weather watch in effect from saturday afternoon through saturday evening due to wind and low relative humidity for a portion of mt... fire weather watch in effect from saturday afternoon through sunday evening due to wind and low relative humidity for deerlodge/west beaverhead and east beaverhead... a dry cold front on saturday will bring critical fire weather conditions to the region. ...fire weather watch in effect from saturday afternoon through saturday evening... the National Weather Service in missoula mt has issued a fire weather watch. * affected area, fire weather zones 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, and 109 in northwest and west-central montana. * timing, from saturday afternoon through saturday evening. * winds, west winds 10 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * relative humidity, relative humidity between 15 to 25 percent. * winds remain elevated in fire weather zone 105 into late saturday night and early sunday morning but relative humidities will recover into the 40 and 50% range above valley floors. * impacts, any fires that develop will spread rapidly. outdoor burning is not recommended. precautionary/preparedness actions... please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this fire weather watch.