Northern Rockies Complex Incident Management Team 3

Incident meteorologist, Ryan Fliehman, discusses the environmental conditions that have driven recent fire growth, as well as the weather outlook for the next few days. Thunderstorms forming to the north and west of the fire have created gusty, persistent, outflow winds that flow over the face of the fire and push it downslope into the canyons. In the evening and nighttime hours, diurnal winds that occur as cool air sinks have also pushed the fire. We are expecting storms this afternoon, which will increase wind activity in the canyons, but will increase the chance of rainfall today. More meaningful precipitation levels are expected into this week.