Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Spokane, WA

000 
WWUS86 KOTX 052038
RFWOTX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
138 PM PDT SUN JUL 5 2009

IDZ101-061530-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090706T2000Z/
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)-
138 PM PDT SUN JUL 5 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT MONDAY FOR 
ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT MONDAY. 

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY CROSSED OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN
IDAHO PANHANDLE TODAY AND MORE ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY...
OVERNIGHT...AND INTO MONDAY. MOST OF THESE STORMS WILL TRACK TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR AS THEY GENERATE ABUNDANT
LIGHTNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

WAZ684>687-061530-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0001.090706T0600Z-090706T2000Z/
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)-
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)-
138 PM PDT SUN JUL 5 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
1 PM PDT MONDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS EXCEPT 
FOR SPOKANE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
1 PM PDT MONDAY. 

STARTING LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY... THERE
WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING EVENT OVER THE MOUNTAIN DISTRICTS
NORTH OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN...THE OKANOGAN AND METHOW VALLEYS.

A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT WHICH
WILL FOCUS THUNDERSTORMS AND POTENTIALLY ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IN
THESE AREAS WITH LITTLE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN
INITIALLY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL END IN THE CASCADES AND OKANOGAN
VALLEY MONDAY AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH WITH INCREASING
WINDS INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LINGER OVER THE NORTHEASTERN DISTRICTS THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF
MONDAY ...BUT WILL BEGIN TO PRODUCE WETTING RAIN FROM THEIR CORES
AS THE DAY WEARS ON. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM ARE
EXPECTED TO MOVE VERY QUICKLY TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 40 MILES PER
HOUR OR GREATER.

SINCE MOST OF THE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED TO BE NORTH OF
SPOKANE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES THEY HAVE BEEN PURPOSEFULLY REMOVED
FROM THIS RED FLAG WARNING...HOWEVER IT NEEDS TO BE NOTED THAT
TRANSFORMER/POWER POLE FIRE ACTIVITY MAY INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND
INTO TOMORROW AS WETTING RAINS AFTER PROLONGED DRY PERIOD SEEM TO
ALLOW FOR THEIR OCCURRENCE.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

000 
WWUS86 KOTX 061244
RFWOTX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
544 AM PDT MON JUL 6 2009

WAZ684>687-062000-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090706T2000Z/
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)-
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)-
544 AM PDT MON JUL 6 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

THE POTENTIAL FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING CONTINUES TODAY FOR THE
MOUNTAIN DISTRICTS NORTH OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN...AND THE OKANOGAN
AND METHOW VALLEYS.

AN INITIAL ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THE EASTERN
DISTRICTS OVERNIGHT. THE MOIST LOW LEVEL AIR MASS WILL RESPOND TO 
DAYTIME HEATING WITH MORE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS
MORNING AND INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING OVER THE WESTERN DISTRICTS INCLUDING THE
METHOW AND OKANOGAN VALLEYS.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

IDZ101-062000-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090706T2000Z/
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)-
544 AM PDT MON JUL 6 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

AN INITIAL ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THE REGION 
OVERNIGHT. THE MOIST LOW LEVEL AIR MASS WILL RESPOND TO DAYTIME
HEATING WITH MORE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS MORNING AND
INTO THIS AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

000 
WWUS86 KOTX 061549
RFWOTX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
849 AM PDT MON JUL 6 2009


IDZ101-WAZ684>687-061700-
/O.CAN.KOTX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090706T2000Z/
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)-
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)-
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)-
849 AM PDT MON JUL 6 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING. 

ALTHOUGH SOME THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE
AND MORE THUNDERSTORMS MAY FORM LATER TODAY OVER NORTHERN
WASHINGTON...NOT ONLY ARE THEY EXPECTED TO BE WET BUT THEY WILL
NOT BE IN SIGNIFICANT QUANTITY TO GENERATE ABUNDANT AND EXCESSIVE
LIGHTNING....THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 



$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1120 AM PDT SUN JUL 5 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ACROSS
THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON TODAY AS MOISTURE
CREEPS UP FROM THE SOUTH. THE THUNDER THREAT WILL SHIFT TO THE
REMAINDER OF EASTERN WASHINGTON TONIGHT AND LINGER THROUGH MONDAY
AS THE RIDGE BREAKS DOWN TO AN INCOMING TROUGH. A BROAD UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH WILL SET UP OVER THE REGION WITH COOLER AND SHOWERY
WEATHER FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
REST OF TODAY...THE CHANGES TO THE FCST THIS MORNING HAVE BEEN TO
NAIL DOWN THE TRACK AND AREAL COVERAGE OF THE BROKEN LINE OF
THUNDER THAT MOVED NE ACROSS THE PALOUSE AND INTO ID PANHANDLE.
MAINLY DRIVEN BY SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY ALOFT AND A TRANSIENT WEAK
VORT MAX ON THE WESTERN FLANK OF THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS...WERE
EXPECTING THIS BAND WILL SOON MOVE INTO WRN MT AND GIVE US A BREAK
IN THE THUNDER THREAT THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WERE CLOSELY WATCHING
THE SFC- BASED THUNDER THREAT FOR LATER TODAY...WITH THE FOCUS ON
HOW MUCH SFC HEATING WE CAN ACCUMULATE UNDER THE THIN CIRRUS NOW
OVERTAKING THE REGION. DEW PT TEMPS OVER SE WA (WHERE THE
AFOREMENTIONED THUNDER TRACKED) ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT 10F HIGHER
THAN THE REST ERN WA. THE NAM IS QUITE A BIT WARMER WITH ITS DEW PT
TEMPS AND SFC TEMPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON THAN THE GFS. THIS WOULD
YIELD SBCAPE VALUES OF 500-900JKG-1 BENEATH DEEP LYR SHEAR OF
20-30 KTS. THIS ALL POINTS TO ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDER
REGENERATING OVER SE WA AND N ID LATER THIS AFTERNOON UNDER
INCREASED INSOLATION. ROUND THREE FOR THUNDER WILL BE LATER
TONIGHT AS THE DEEP UPPER TROF MAKES LANDFALL. STAY TUNED. BZ

&&

.AVIATION...
THE MAIN AVIATION THREAT WILL BE THUNDER AFT ABOUT 22Z BEGINNING
FIRST NEAR KLWS AND KPUW...THEN SPREADING N TOWARD KGEG AND KCOE
THROUGH 01Z. ERRATIC WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 KT FROM THE SW WILL BE
POSSIBLE. AFTER 06Z...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE AND
SPREAD FROM W TO E ACROSS THE REGION WITH CEILINGS AS LOW AS 5K FT
AGL POSSIBLE. BZ

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE        88  60  76  51  75  52 /  20  50  30  20  20  20
COEUR DALENE  89  59  75  51  74  51 /  30  50  40  20  20  30
PULLMAN        88  62  75  45  74  46 /  30  40  30  20  20  30
LEWISTON       94  65  82  56  81  56 /  40  40  20  20  20  30
COLVILLE       93  59  77  47  76  49 /  10  50  40  20  30  30
SANDPOINT      84  59  74  46  72  46 /  40  30  50  30  30  30
KELLOGG        84  57  72  50  71  49 /  50  40  40  30  30  30
MOSES LAKE     95  66  84  54  80  54 /  10  50  20  10  10  10
WENATCHEE      93  65  81  56  78  55 /  10  50  30  10  10  10
OMAK           95  66  83  52  81  52 /  10  50  30  20  20  20

&&

.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON
     FOR CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...COEUR DALENE AREA...
     IDAHO PALOUSE...NORTHERN PANHANDLE.

WA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
     MORNING FOR WENATCHEE AREA.

     FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
     MORNING FOR EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES...NORTHEAST
     MOUNTAINS...OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...OKANOGAN VALLEY...SPOKANE
     AREA.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
547 AM PDT SUN JUL 5 2009

IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-061300-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA-
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
547 AM PDT SUN JUL 5 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO...
NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL
WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND
SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WILD FIRE CONCERNS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AS THE HOT AND DRY
WEATHER PERSISTS. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. FUELS ARE
BECOMING INCREASINGLY DRY...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTH CENTRAL
WASHINGTON AND ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. THE
POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING TONIGHT COULD TRIGGER FIRE STARTS. WITH
THE DRY STATE OF FUELS OVER MUCH OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST...PEOPLE
WITH OUTDOOR PLANS SHOULD FOLLOW LOCAL BURNING RESTRICTIONS DURING
THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.