Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Spokane, WA

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1117 PM PDT SUN JUL 11 2010

.AN UNUSUALLY STRONG SUMMER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH
WASHINGTON AND IDAHO ON MONDAY...AND GENERATE STRONG WINDS.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS ON MONDAY MAY NOT DROP BELOW THE CRITICAL
THRESHOLDS...BUT WINDS WILL CERTAINLY EXCEED RED FLAG CRITERIA. BY
MONDAY AFTERNOON...GUSTS OF 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON OVER THE
PALOUSE...WEST PLAINS... SPOKANE AREA... UPPER COLUMBIA
BASIN...AND ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. GUSTS AS HIGH
AS 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WENATCHEE...ELLENSBURG...AND
EPHRATA AREAS...AS WELL AS OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. IGNITIONS
IN FINE FUELS LIKE GRASSES AND BRUSH WILL BE THE BIGGEST CONCERN
ON MONDAY SINCE HEAVIER FUELS MAY NOT BE FULLY CURED BY MONDAY.
DESPITE MARGINAL VALUES FOR HUMIDITY AND FUEL DRYNESS...STRONG
WINDS COULD MAKE THIS EVENT A HIGH IMPACT EVENT.


WAZ673-676-677-684-686-121830-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0001.100712T1800Z-100713T0600Z/
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)-
1117 PM PDT SUN JUL 11 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT
MONDAY FOR WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 673...676...
677...684 AND 686...

* AFFECTED AREA: IN WASHINGTON...FIRE ZONES 673...676...677...
  684 AND 686 

* WIND: WEST WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON
  OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY
  EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND WENATCHEE...
  EPHRATA...ELLENSBURG...AND VANTAGE. BLOWING DUST WILL BE
  LIKELY.

* HUMIDITY: 18 TO 22 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

* IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS
  THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. LIGHT
  FUELS...LIKE DEAD GRASSES OR BRUSH...HAVE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL
  TO BURN ON MONDAY.

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.

&&

$$


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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1055 AM PDT MON JUL 12 2010

.AN UNUSUALLY STRONG SUMMER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH
WASHINGTON AND IDAHO TODAY...GENERATING STRONG WINDS.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY TODAY MAY NOT DROP BELOW THE CRITICAL
THRESHOLDS...BUT WINDS WILL CERTAINLY EXCEED RED FLAG CRITERIA. BY
THIS AFTERNOON...GUSTS OF 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON OVER THE
PALOUSE...WEST PLAINS... SPOKANE AREA... UPPER COLUMBIA
BASIN...AND ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. GUSTS AS HIGH
AS 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WENATCHEE...ELLENSBURG...AND
EPHRATA AREAS...AS WELL AS OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. IGNITIONS
IN FINE FUELS LIKE GRASSES AND BRUSH WILL BE THE BIGGEST CONCERN
ON MONDAY SINCE HEAVIER FUELS MAY NOT BE FULLY CURED BY MONDAY.
DESPITE MARGINAL VALUES FOR HUMIDITY AND FUEL DRYNESS...STRONG
WINDS COULD MAKE THIS EVENT A HIGH IMPACT EVENT. BLOWING DUST WILL 
RESTRICT VISIBILITIES.  


WAZ673-676-677-684-686-121830-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0001.100712T1800Z-100713T0600Z/
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)-
1117 PM PDT SUN JUL 11 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
THIS EVENING FOR WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 673...676...
677...684 AND 686...

* AFFECTED AREA: IN WASHINGTON...FIRE ZONES 673...676...677...
  684 AND 686 

* WIND: WEST WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON
  OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA TODAY. GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE AROUND WENATCHEE...EPHRATA...ELLENSBURG...AND VANTAGE. 
  BLOWING DUST WILL BE LIKELY.

* HUMIDITY: 18 TO 22 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

* IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS
  THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. LIGHT
  FUELS...LIKE DEAD GRASSES OR BRUSH...HAVE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL
  TO BURN. 

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.

&&

$$


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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1055 AM PDT MON JUL 12 2010

.AN UNUSUALLY STRONG SUMMER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH
WASHINGTON AND IDAHO TODAY...GENERATING STRONG WINDS.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY TODAY MAY NOT DROP BELOW THE CRITICAL
THRESHOLDS...BUT WINDS WILL CERTAINLY EXCEED RED FLAG CRITERIA. BY
THIS AFTERNOON...GUSTS OF 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON OVER THE
PALOUSE...WEST PLAINS... SPOKANE AREA... UPPER COLUMBIA
BASIN...AND ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. GUSTS AS HIGH
AS 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WENATCHEE...ELLENSBURG...AND
EPHRATA AREAS...AS WELL AS OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. IGNITIONS
IN FINE FUELS LIKE GRASSES AND BRUSH WILL BE THE BIGGEST CONCERN
ON MONDAY SINCE HEAVIER FUELS MAY NOT BE FULLY CURED BY MONDAY.
DESPITE MARGINAL VALUES FOR HUMIDITY AND FUEL DRYNESS...STRONG
WINDS COULD MAKE THIS EVENT A HIGH IMPACT EVENT. BLOWING DUST WILL
RESTRICT VISIBILITIES.


WAZ673-676-677-684-686-130600-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0001.100712T1800Z-100713T0600Z/
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)-
1117 PM PDT SUN JUL 11 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
THIS EVENING FOR WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 673...676...
677...684 AND 686...

* AFFECTED AREA: IN WASHINGTON...FIRE ZONES 673...676...677...
  684 AND 686

* WIND: WEST WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON
  OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA TODAY. GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE AROUND WENATCHEE...EPHRATA...ELLENSBURG...AND VANTAGE.
  BLOWING DUST WILL BE LIKELY.

* HUMIDITY: 18 TO 22 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

* IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS
  THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. LIGHT
  FUELS...LIKE DEAD GRASSES OR BRUSH...HAVE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL
  TO BURN.

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.

&&

$$


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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
954 PM PDT MON JUL 12 2010

...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ON THE RISE...

.WITH COOLER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING...RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE BEGUN TO RISE WELL ABOVE THE VALUES
EXPERIENCED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. WINDY CONDITIONS STILL
CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA...HOWEVER THE CRITICAL
COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WINDY CONDITIONS NO
LONGER EXISTS OVER THE AREA.

WAZ673-676-677-684-686-130600-
/O.CAN.KOTX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100713T0600Z/
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)-
954 PM PDT MON JUL 12 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR
FIRE ZONES 673...676...677...684 AND 686...

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

RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE INCREASED ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS
THIS EVENING AS COOLER AIR HAS MOVED INTO THE AREA. WHILE WINDS
WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO UP 30 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEY TOO
WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT TO AROUND 10 MPH IN MOST LOCATIONS.
BECAUSE OF THE RISING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND DECREASED WIND
SPEEDS...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.


$$


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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
234 PM PDT SUN JUL 11 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
THE QUIET WEATHER PATTERN WILL CHANGE OVERNIGHT AS A STRONG COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. MONDAY WILL BE WINDY
AND NOTICEABLY COOLER. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING DUST...ESPECIALLY IN PORTIONS OF THE
COLUMBIA BASIN MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE MONDAY
EVENING...AND THE REST OF THE WEEK WILL BE DRY WITH TEMPERATURES
CLIMBING BACK TO NORMAL OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL BY THE END OF THE
WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
FOR WIND AND FIRE... WE'VE ISSUED BOTH A WIND ADVISORY AND A RED
FLAG WARNING FOR MON IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE DRY COLDFNT THAT
SWEEPS THROUGH THE REGION MON MORNING. THOUGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WITH
THESE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE EXCEPTIONALLY LOW...READINGS
ARE LOW ENOUGH...COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS...TO PRODUCE
CRITICAL FIRE WX CONDITIONS FOR ONGOING FIRES OR NEW FIRE STARTS.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR THE FINER FUELS SUCH AS GRASSES. BZ

TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...THE SHORTWAVE RIDGE OVER THE INLAND
NORTHWEST WAS BEING FLATTENED BY AN UPPER LEVEL LOW APPROACHING THE
NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST THIS AFTERNOON. DIVING INTO THE BASE
OF THE TROUGH IS A STRONG UPPER JET...EVIDENT IN SATELLITE WATER
VAPOR IMAGERY AS A DARK STREAK PUSHING INTO SOUTHERN BC. THIS JET
WILL PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE UPCOMING WIND EVENT FROM THE
CASCADE GAPS...ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN...AND INTO THE WEST PLAINS
ON MONDAY. BY 18Z MONDAY THE JET CORE WILL BE ALIGNED ACROSS CENTRAL
WASHINGTON.

THE DEPARTING RIDGE WILL KEEP RATHER TRANQUIL WEATHER OVER THE
FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ISOLATED CONVECTION
ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST WA AND NORTH IDAHO. OVERNIGHT A DRY COLD
FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN ALONG AND
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AS SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASE
SIGNIFICANTLY. THE PORTLAND TO KALISPELL GRADIENT WILL INCREASE FROM
THE CURRENT 6MB TO ABOUT 17MB BY 18Z MONDAY. THIS BODES WELL FOR
ADVISORY CRITERIA WINDS. THE LATEST GFS GUIDANCE HAS WIND SPEEDS AT
850MB IN THE 25 TO 30KT RANGE WHILE THE NAM...WITH THE BETTER
TERRAIN RESOLUTION...ADVERTISES 40 TO 45KTS AT THE CASCADE CREST.
COLD AIR ADVECTION AND SINKING MOTION WILL CHANNEL THIS WIND DOWN
THE CASCADE VALLEYS AND INTO THE BASIN. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR THE WENATCHEE VALLEY...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...COLUMBIA
BASIN...AND WASHINGTON PALOUSE. EXPECT BLOWING DUST TO CAUSE SOME
PROBLEMS FOR THE BASIN...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I90 CORRIDOR. THERE
ARE ALSO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WITH THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE AS RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL BE QUITE LOW AFTER 18Z AND FINE FUELS ARE CURED FOR
THE LOWER ELEVATION ZONES. WE MAY NOT REACH RED FLAG CRITERIA FOR
RHS BUT THERE ARE ALREADY A COUPLE OF WILDFIRES IN THE WENATCHEE
AREA THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE WIND.

AS FAR AS PRECIPITATION GOES...THERE IS VERY LITTLE MOISTURE WITH
THIS SYSTEM SO ANY CONVECTION WILL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTREME
NORTHERN TIER AS A STRONG SHORTWAVE SWINGS THROUGH MONDAY. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVENING
HOURS...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES
WILL BE RATHER MILD OVERNIGHT AS WINDS KEEP THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE
WELL MIXED. MAX TEMPERATURES FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL BE ON THE
COOL SIDE OF SEASONAL NORMALS WITH MOST VALLEY READINGS IN THE 70S
TO MID 80S. /KELCH

TUESDAY NIGHT THRU SUNDAY...AFTER THE TAIL END OF TUESDAYS TROF
PUSHES THRU TUESDAY NIGHT... WNW FLOW IS EXPETCED THRU FRIDAY
NIGHT. AFTER THIS AN UPPER LOW SETS UP OVER THE CNTRL BC COAST AND
PUTS THE REGION UNDER INCREASING SW FLOW. AFTER TUESDAY NIGHT A
REBOUND TO NEAR NORMAL TEMPS AND LITTLE PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED
THRU THE PERIOD.

LARGE SCALE FEATURES OF THE EC AND GFS FROM 11/12Z ARE IN DECENT
AGREEMENT THRU THE ENTIRE PERIOD. EC A LITTLE STRONGER WITH THE
SYSTEM EXITING THE SE CORNER OF THE CWA TUESDAY NIGHT... BUT
NEITHER MODELS HAVE MUCH IN THE WAY OF MOISTURE. WNW FLOW ALOFT
FOLLOWS FOR WEDNESDAY AS HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST JUMP 6 TO
10 DEGREES FROM TUESDAY. DRY WNW FLOW PICKS UP A LITTLE ON
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... SO TEMPS EXPECTED TO REBOUND TO JUST ABOUT
NORMAL. BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON BOTH THE EC AND MRF START TO SAG THE
MOISTURE AND STORM TRACK CLOSER TO THE BORDER... SO UPPED THE POPS
SLIGHTLY FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE BORDER FROM THIS
PERIOD THRU SUNDAY. LATER ON SAT AND SUNDAY THE UPPER LOW OVER THE
CNTRL BC COAST TURNS THE FLOW MORE SOUTHWESTERLY... ALTHOUGH THE
BETTER CHANCES FOR ANY PRECIP STAY WELL NORTH OF THE US/CANADA
BORDER. JL

&&

.AVIATION...
MAINLY CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN
IDAHO THROUGH 12Z MONDAY. SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF FAR NORTHERN IDAHO BETWEEN
21Z-03Z...MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF SANDPOINT. A WILD FIRE...ROUGHLY
15 MILES NORTH OF WENATCHEE PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED VISIBILITY
REDUCTIONS NEAR WENATCHEE THIS MORNING BUT THIS WILL DISSIPATE
THIS AFTERNOON. FOR PLANNING PURPOSES... PILOTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF
THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS ON MONDAY...ESPECIALLY AROUND
WENATCHEE...EPHRATA...AND MOSES LAKE. EXPECT WEST/NORTHWEST WIND
GUSTS TO 30KT BY 18Z MONDAY...THEN INCREASE FURTHER MONDAY
AFTERNOON. /EK

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE        62  77  49  72  50  79 /   0   0   0   0   0   0
COEUR D'ALENE  61  76  48  71  50  77 /   0   0   0  10  10   0
PULLMAN        57  77  43  70  44  77 /   0   0   0   0   0   0
LEWISTON       65  85  53  78  53  86 /   0   0   0   0   0   0
COLVILLE       58  79  47  76  49  84 /  10  20  20  10  10   0
SANDPOINT      58  76  45  69  45  76 /  10  20  20  10  10   0
KELLOGG        58  73  46  66  47  75 /  10  10  10  20  20   0
MOSES LAKE     65  81  51  80  53  87 /   0   0   0   0   0   0
WENATCHEE      67  77  55  78  57  87 /   0   0   0   0   0   0
OMAK           59  79  49  78  51  88 /   0   0   0   0   0   0

&&

.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...NONE.
WA...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY EAST WASHINGTON
     CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)...EAST WASHINGTON
     NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)...EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA
     BASIN (ZONE 673)...EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS
     (ZONE 684)...EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS
     (ZONE 676).

     WIND ADVISORY FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY LOWER GARFIELD AND
     ASOTIN COUNTIES...MOSES LAKE AREA...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...
     WASHINGTON PALOUSE...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...WENATCHEE AREA.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
655 AM PDT SUN JUL 11 2010

IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ031>036-041>044-121400-
COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-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-WENATCHEE AREA-
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
655 AM PDT SUN JUL 11 2010

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

TODAY TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE WELL ABOVE AVERAGE WITH
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING...AS A
STRONG SUMMER COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. BY MONDAY
AFTERNOON...GUSTS OF 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON OVER THE PALOUSE...
WEST PLAINS...SPOKANE AREA...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...AND ALONG THE
EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THE WENATCHEE...ELLENSBURG...AND EPHRATA AREAS...AS
WELL AS OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU.

STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD
MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN...THE WEST PLAINS...
AND THE PALOUSE.

THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ANY FIRES
THAT START IN DRY GRASS OR DRY BRUSH COULD SPREAD VERY QUICKLY
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING.

IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-121400-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-
655 AM PDT SUN JUL 11 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING...
AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. GUSTS ON MOUNTAIN
RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER EXPOSED AREAS WILL LIKELY EXCEED 40 MPH IN
THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE
IDAHO PANHANDLE.