- Fire Weather Watch for Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon County, Oregon
- Fire Weather Watch issued August 22 at 3:10PM PDT until August 23 at 9:00PM PDT by NWS
- Effective: Thursday, August 23, 2018 at 3 p.m.
- Expires: Thursday, August 23, 2018 at 11 p.m.
...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY EXPECTED IN THE
WASHINGTON AND OREGON COLUMBIA BASIN AND COLUMBIA GORGE TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...
.A trough approaching the Washington/Oregon coast will tighten
pressure gradients tomorrow afternoon and develop breezy to windy
conditions across the Columbia Gorge and Columbia Basin in the
late afternoon and early evening. Combined with low humidity
values mainly between 15 to 25 percent, a few hours of critical
fire weather conditions are possible.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 610, 641, 641, AND 675...
* AFFECTED AREA...In ORZ610...Fire weather zone 610 for the Warm
Springs area. In ORZ641...Fire weather zone 641. In
WAZ641...Fire weather zone 641. In WAZ675...Fire weather zone
675.
* TIMING...Afternoon through early evening.
* WIND...West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
* HUMIDITY...15 to 20 percent.
* IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
- Fire Weather Watch for Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon County, Oregon
- Fire Weather Watch issued August 15 at 2:42PM PDT until August 17 at 11:00AM PDT by NWS
- Effective: Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 5 p.m.
- Expires: Friday, August 17, 2018 at 1 p.m.
...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON...
.A low pressure system traveling east across Oregon on Thursday
will bring scattered thunderstorms to central Oregon Thursday
afternoon then across eastern Oregon and southeast Washington
Thursday night and Friday. Most storms will bring less than a
tenth of an inch of rain.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 642 AND 644...
The National Weather Service in Pendleton has issued a Fire
Weather Watch, which is in effect from Thursday afternoon through
Friday morning.
* AFFECTED AREA...In Oregon...Fire weather zones 642 and 644
covering the central and southern Blue Mountains...the John Day
Basin...and the Strawberry Mountains.
* TIMING...Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop late
Thursday afternoon and evening then gradually taper off to
isolated showers and thunderstorms overnight.
* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY...3 in the late afternoon and evening
decreasing to 2 overnight.
* PRECIPITATION...A tenth of an inch or less with most storms.
* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
- Fire Weather Watch for Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon County, Oregon
- Fire Weather Watch issued August 15 at 2:42PM PDT until August 17 at 5:00AM PDT by NWS
- Effective: Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 5 p.m.
- Expires: Friday, August 17, 2018 at 7 a.m.
...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON...
.A low pressure system traveling east across Oregon on Thursday
will bring scattered thunderstorms to central Oregon Thursday
afternoon then across eastern Oregon and southeast Washington
Thursday night and Friday. Most storms will bring less than a
tenth of an inch of rain.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW
WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 610, 611, AND 640...
The National Weather Service in Pendleton has issued a Fire
Weather Watch, which is in effect from Thursday afternoon through
late Thursday night.
* AFFECTED AREA...In Oregon...Fire weather zones 610...611...and
640 covering the east slopes of the Oregon Cascades, Central
Oregon, and the Prineville District.
* TIMING...Scattered thunderstorms will develop Thursday afternoon
and evening and will decrease to isolated thunderstorms after
midnight.
* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY...3 in the afternoon and evening...decreasing
to 2 overnight.
* PRECIPITATION...A tenth of an inch or less with most storms.
* IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
