⚠️ Fire Weather Watch – McKenzie; Dunn; Golden Valley; Billings; Stark; Slope; Hettinger; Bowman; Adams – Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Fire Weather Watch issued September 8 at 1:19PM CDT until September 10 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Bismarck ND

Details

…FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY EVENING DUE TO WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST
AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA…

.Warm and breezy conditions are expected over western North Dakota on
Thursday ahead of an approaching cold front. Temperatures are
forecast to climb into the upper 80s, with afternoon humidities of 12
to 20 percent. Winds on Thursday afternoon are forecast to be
westerly 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Due to the low
humidity and breezy conditions with abundant dry vegetation, Critical
fire weather conditions are forecast to occur Thursday afternoon into
early Thursday evening.

The National Weather Service in Bismarck ND has issued a Fire Weather
Watch.

* AFFECTED AREA…Southwest and portions of northwest North Dakota.

* TIMING…From Thursday afternoon through early Thursday evening.

* WINDS…West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…Relative Humidity from 12 to 20 percent.

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

Instructions

Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of
this Fire Weather Watch.

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are
forecast to occur. Listen for later forecast updates and a possible
upgrade of this watch to a Red Flag Warning.

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