Heat Builds in the West; Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain in the Upper Midwest and Mid-Mississippi Valley; Extremely Critical Fire Weather in the Northwest on Saturday

A heat wave over the Southwest will intensify this week, peaking and expanding into the Intermountain West and northern High Plains this weekend. Severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall are expected over parts of the Upper Midwest to mid-Mississippi Valley today. Critical to extremely critical fire weather conditions from the Northwest and the northern Great Basin on Saturday and Sunday. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Fire Weather Watch in effect from August 1, 02:00 PM MDT until August 2, 09:00 PM MDT

Current conditions at

WOOD CREEK (WODM8)

Lat: 47.44847°NLon: 112.81428°WElev: 5960.0ft.

53°F

12°C

Humidity	NA
Wind Speed	NA NA MPH
Barometer	NA
Dewpoint	N/A
Visibility	NA
Last update	NA

More Information:

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Extended Forecast for

15 Miles SW Augusta MT

Fire Weather Watch August 1, 02:00pm until August 2, 09:00pm

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Fire Weather Watch

Today
High: 85 °F
Patchy Smoke
Tonight
Low: 63 °F
Areas Smoke
Saturday
High: 88 °F
Areas Smoke
Saturday Night
Low: 57 °F
Patchy Smoke
then Clear
and Breezy
Sunday
High: 71 °F
Sunny and
Breezy then
Sunny
Sunday Night
Low: 45 °F
Mostly Clear
Monday
High: 64 °F
Mostly Sunny
Monday Night
Low: 46 °F
Mostly Clear
Tuesday
High: 70 °F
Sunny

Detailed Forecast

Today

Patchy smoke. Sunny, with a high near 85. West wind 5 to 8 mph.

Tonight

Areas of smoke. Mostly clear, with a low around 63. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday

Areas of smoke. Sunny, with a high near 88. Light south southwest wind becoming west southwest 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph.

Saturday Night

Patchy smoke before 7pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 57. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 15 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 49 mph.

Sunday

Sunny, with a high near 71. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 15 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 45. West northwest wind 5 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Monday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. North northeast wind 3 to 7 mph.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 46. Northeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Tuesday

Sunny, with a high near 70.