fire weather

Red Flag Warnings have been issued for a large area covering Fort Peck Lake and the Missouri River on Thursday. Very dry conditions and gusty winds up to 40 MPH today make for extremely precarious conditions.

Temperatures between 95 and 105 along with dangerous conditions exist through Monday night for Missoula, Butte, Bozeman, Helena, Billings, Great Falls and everywhere in between.

Those gusty winds that have erupted out of nowhere the last few days are set to continue through Saturday evening, along with a couple more days of very warm temperatures. Low humidity and wind are wreaking havoc on some of the wildfires burning in Montana.

A good chunk of the entire state of Montana is under a Red Flag Warning with 'critical fire weather conditions'.

Dangerous conditions including gusty winds for Bozeman, Manhattan, Townsend and other areas on Friday have prompted a Fire Weather Watch.