⚠️ Fire Weather Watch – Central Black Hills; Southern Black Hills; West Central Plains; Badlands Area; Wyoming Black Hills – Thursday, October 8, 2026

Fire Weather Watch issued October 8 at 12:12AM MDT until October 9 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

…FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL
BLACK HILLS, SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS, WEST CENTRAL PLAINS, BADLANDS
AREA, AND WYOMING BLACK HILLS…

…FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FALL
RIVER COUNTY AREA, NORTHERN FOOT HILLS, EASTERN FOOT HILLS, CUSTER
COUNTY PLAINS, PINE RIDGE AREA, BUTTE COUNTY AREA, NORTHERN CAMPBELL,
SOUTHERN CAMPBELL, CROOK COUNTY PLAINS, AND WESTON COUNTY PLAINS…

* AFFECTED AREA…Fire Weather Zones 318, 320, 321, 329, and 332.

* TIMING…From Friday morning through Friday evening.

* WINDS…South winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…As low as 10 percent.

* IMPACTS…Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor
burning is not recommended.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.