NWS Billings MTFW.A 0010October 7, 2026
Fire Weather Watch: Beartooth Ranger District Custer National Forest, Sheridan County/Casper BLM and Bighorn National Forest, MT and WY
The National Weather Service office in Billings issued a fire weather watch for Beartooth Ranger District Custer National Forest, Sheridan County/Casper BLM and Bighorn National Forest in Montana, Wyoming, in force until 9:00 p.m. local time on October 9. It was the 10th fire weather watch the NWS office in Billings issued in 2026. Montana had 1 fire weather watch in October 2026, against 2 in an average October of 2008-2025 (Montana's fire weather watchs by year).
Watch
In force for 9 hours
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Billings MT
- Area
- Beartooth Ranger District Custer National Forest, Sheridan County/Casper BLM and Bighorn National Forest
- State
- Montana
- Level
- Watch
- Issued
- 4:51 p.m. MDT, October 7, 2026
- In force from
- 12:00 p.m. MDT, October 9, 2026
- Expires
- 9:00 p.m. MDT, October 9, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Possible, Future
- VTEC event
- KBYZ FW.A 0010
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Fire Weather Watches in Montana since 2008Every warning type in Montana
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The notice as issued
The National Weather Service in Billings has issued a Fire Weather Watch...which is in effect from Friday afternoon through Friday evening. * IMPACTS: Low humidities, unseasonably warm temperatures, and strong gusty winds will create erratic fire behavior for new or existing fires. * AFFECTED AREA: In North Central WY Fire Zones...274...284. In South Central MT Fire Zone...126. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: In North Central WY...Big Horn...Johnson...Sheridan...Washakie. In South Central MT...Carbon...Park...Stillwater...Sweet Grass. * WIND: Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * HUMIDITY: As low as 10 percent. * TEMPERATURES: Up to 88 degrees. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS: The worst conditions are expected across the lower to middle elevations in fine fuels.
What the agency told people to do
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
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