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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.

MTZ104>109-311815-
/O.NEW.KMSO.FW.A.0004.260801T2000Z-260802T0600Z/
Kootenai-Flathead/Glacier Park-West Lolo-Flathead Reservation-
East Lolo-Bitterroot-
845 AM MDT Wed Jul 29 2026

...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.

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