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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.

MTZ110-111-311815-
/O.NEW.KMSO.FW.A.0004.260801T2000Z-260803T0300Z/
Deerlodge/West Beaverhead-East Beaverhead-
845 AM MDT Wed Jul 29 2026

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Missoula MT has issued a Fire Weather
Watch.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 110 and 111 in southwest
  Montana.

* TIMING...From Saturday afternoon through Sunday evening.

* WINDS...West winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative Humidity between 5 to 20 percent.

* Late Saturday night into Sunday morning, winds decrease to 5-15 mph
  with gusts up to 25 mph especially in higher terrain. Relative
  humidities recover into the 40% range above valley floors. Wind
  speeds increase and relative humidities drop again to critical
  thresholds by Sunday afternoon.

* 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.

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TSP

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