Wind, low humidity raises fire fears

With the hot weather expected to peak today but high heat with dry and windy conditions expected to continue through the week, National Weather Service has a Red Flag Warning for fire conditions for much of north-central and central Montana through Wednesday.

The warning is a downgrade of a fire watch issued Monday by Weather Service for the region, but conditions still are expected to cause high fire dangers.

Weather Service predicted a high in Havre today of 98 degrees, with the predicted high temperatures dropping into the 80s through the rest of the week, with the forecast calling for a hi...