Jefferson County, Montana · Wildfire
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The Gray Fire is a wildfire near Jefferson County, Montana. It has burned about 2 acres (about 2 football fields). It was first reported 2 days ago.
The size and containment above are current as of Saturday, July 18th at 3:28 p.m. CDT.
Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.
A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.
This Afternoon
84°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 7 mph W · 39% chance of rain
Tonight
53°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy
Wind 3 to 7 mph WSW · 36% chance of rain
Sunday
82°F · Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers
Wind 2 to 13 mph W · 15% chance of rain
Sunday Night
52°F · Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Cloudy
Wind 1 to 9 mph NW · 15% chance of rain
Monday
81°F · Sunny
Wind 1 to 7 mph NNW · 0% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Saturday, July 18th at 3:36 p.m. CDT.
This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.
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