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* IMPACTS: Low humidities, hot temperatures, and gusty winds may create erratic fire behavior. * AFFECTED AREA: In South Central MT Fire Zones...123...124...125...126...127 128. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: In Central MT...Golden Valley...Musselshell...Wheatland. In South Central MT...Carbon...Park...Stillwater...Sweet Grass Yellowstone. In Southwest MT...Gallatin. * WIND: Southwesterly gusts 20-30 mph Saturday, shifting to the northwest on Sunday. * HUMIDITY: Single digits Saturday; teens on Sunday.

* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with high temperatures of 100 to 108 expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, south central, and southeast Montana and north central Wyoming. * WHEN...From Saturday afternoon through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat events. Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Do not leave young children and pets in unattended vehicles.

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND... .A building ridge to the south combined with a trough moving across western Canada will tighten the pressure gradient over the area through the weekend creating breezy to windy conditions for the weekend. This combined with warming temperatures and low humidity will lead to high fire danger across much of eastern Idaho. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 410 Upper Snake River Valley/Idaho Falls BLM, Fire Weather Zone 422 Sawtooth

Heavy rainfall continues across west-central, southwest, and south-central Minnesota. Slow moving thunderstorms are forecast to generate widespread rainfall amounts of two to four inches, while more localized amounts of greater than 6 inches are likely within the band of heaviest rainfall. Flash flooding is possible where these higher-end amounts occur, especially in low-lying areas & areas of steeper terrain near near creeks and streams. Street & urban flooding

Heavy rainfall continues across west-central, southwest, and south-central Minnesota. Slow moving thunderstorms are forecast to generate widespread rainfall amounts of two to four inches, while more localized amounts of greater than 6 inches are likely within the band of heaviest rainfall. Flash flooding is possible where these higher-end amounts occur, especially in low-lying areas & areas of steeper terrain near near creeks and streams. Street & urban flooding

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY SATURDAY ACROSS THE INLAND NORTHWEST... * Affected Area: Northern and Central Idaho Panhandle (Zone 101), East Washington Central Cascades (Zone 696), East Portion of North Cascades National Park/Lake Chelan National Recreation Area (Zone 697), East Washington North Cascades (Zone 698), Okanogan Highlands and Kettle Mountains (Zone 699), Selkirk Mountains of Northeast Washington (Zone 700),

...WINDY AND BREEZY WITH CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY SATURDAY... .Windy conditions will develop with overlapping low relative humidity values Saturday across the Columbia Basin, Eastern Mountains, and Central Oregon. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 691 Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon, 691 Lower Columbia Basin of Washington, 692 Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon, 692 Blue Mountains of Washington, 693 Canyon Grasslands of Wallowa County, 693 Southeast Washington Grande Ronde Valley, 694 Grande Ronde Valley of

* WHAT...West winds 30 to 40 mph, with gusts up to 60 mph possible. Isolated wind gusts up to 75 mph along the immediate eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountain Front. * WHERE...East Glacier Park Region, Northern High Plains, and Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera Counties. * WHEN...From Saturday evening through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Recreationists should be aware of any trees that could fall while establishing camps or hiking.

* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions. High temperatures on Saturday between 100 to 110 degrees, with overnight lows Saturday night between 70 to 75 degrees are possible. * WHERE...Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine, Fergus County below 4500ft, and Western and Central Chouteau County. * WHEN...From Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat. Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of

* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions. High temperatures between 100 to 105 degrees are possible. * WHERE...Cascade County below 5000ft, Eastern Pondera and Eastern Teton, and Judith Basin County and Judith Gap. * WHEN...From Saturday afternoon through late Saturday night. * IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat. Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.