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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Portland, OR
NWS Portland, OR issued this red flag warning at Oct 2, 2012, 2:02 PM PDT. It took effect at Oct 3, 2012, 12:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 5 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 2, 2012, 2:02 PM PDT (21:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 3, 2012, 12:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2012, 12:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Portland, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
691 WWUS86 KPQR 022102 RFWPQR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 202 PM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ORZ605>608-WAZ660-031600- /O.NEW.KPQR.FW.W.0005.121003T0700Z-121005T0100Z/ ZONE 605-ZONE 606-ZONE 607-ZONE 608-ZONE 660- 202 PM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605...606...607...608 AND 660...WHICH INCLUDES THE GIFFORD-PINCHOT...MT HOOD AND THE WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FORESTS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM PDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605...606...607...608 AND 660...WHICH INCLUDES THE GIFFORD-PINCHOT...MOUNT HOOD AND WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FORESTS...AND BLM AND OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND WASHINGTON DNR CONTROLLED LANDS. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. IN THE WEST COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND WIND PRONE SPOTS IN THE MOUNT HOOD DISTRICT...EXPECT EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH. * TIMING OF WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN REMAIN MODERATELY STRONG THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. EAST WINDS WILL EASE A BIT ON THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON LOW HUMIDITY AT 15 TO 25 PERCENT... BUT 10 TO 15 PERCENT EXPECTED ON UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES. IN ZONES 607 AND 608...THE RIDGES MAY DROP AS LOW AS 8 TO 12 PERCENT. EXPECT POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES...WITH 25 TO 40 PERCENT ON MANY RIDGES AND MID TO UPPER SLOPES. * TIMING OF LOW HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DECREASE LATER TONIGHT AS EAST WINDS INCREASE...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGES. HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN LOW THROUGH THE DAY...WITH ONLY SLIGHT INCREASES AT NIGHT. * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FOREST FUELS...THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NEW FIRE GROWTH...AND FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES. && $$ ORZ601>604-612-WAZ601-602-604-031600- /O.NEW.KPQR.FW.W.0005.121003T1300Z-121005T0100Z/ ZONE 601-ZONE 602-ZONE 603-ZONE 604-ZONE 612- 202 PM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 601...601...602...602...603...604...604 AND 612...WHICH INCLUDES THE TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST AND THE SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM PDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 601...601...602...602... 603...604...604 AND 612...WHICH INCLUDES THE TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST AND THE SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST...AND BLM AND OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND WASHINGTON DNR CONTROLLED LANDS. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND WIND PRONE SPOTS IN THE COAST RANGE... EAST WINDS COULD REACH 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH. * TIMING OF WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN REMAIN MODERATELY STRONG THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE ON THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON LOW HUMIDITY AT 20 TO 30 PERCENT... BUT 10 TO 20 PERCENT EXPECTED ON UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES. EXPECT POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES...WITH 25 TO 40 PERCENT ON RIDGES AND MID TO UPPER SLOPES. * TIMING OF LOW HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DECREASE LATER TONIGHT AS EAST WINDS INCREASE...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGES. HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN LOW THROUGH THE DAY...WITH ONLY SLIGHT INCREASES AT NIGHT. * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FOREST FUELS...THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NEW FIRE GROWTH...AND FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES. && $$ ROCKEY
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406 WWUS86 KPQR 031535 RFWPQR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 835 AM PDT WED OCT 3 2012 ORZ605>608-WAZ660-040300- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121005T0100Z/ ZONE 605-ZONE 606-ZONE 607-ZONE 608-ZONE 660- 835 AM PDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605...606... 607...608 AND 660...WHICH INCLUDES THE GIFFORD-PINCHOT...MT HOOD AND THE WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FORESTS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605...606...607...608 AND 660. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS 20 TO 25 MPH. IN THE WEST COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND EXPOSED RIDGES...EXPECT EAST WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS 30 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING OF WINDS...WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATELY STRONG THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. EAST WINDS WILL EASE A BIT ON THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON LOW HUMIDITY AT 15 TO 25 PERCENT. BUT 10 TO 15 PERCENT EXPECTED ON UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES. IN ZONES 607 AND 608...THE RIDGES MAY DROP AS LOW AS 8 TO 12 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES...WITH 20 TO 40 PERCENT ON MANY RIDGES AND MID TO UPPER SLOPES. * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FOREST FUELS...THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NEW FIRE GROWTH...AND FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES. && $$ ORZ601>604-612-WAZ601-602-604-040300- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121005T0100Z/ ZONE 601-ZONE 602-ZONE 603-ZONE 604-ZONE 612- 835 AM PDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 601...602... 603...604 AND 612...WHICH INCLUDES THE TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST AND THE SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 601...602...603...604 AND 612. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 20 TO 30 MPH. HOWEVER ON RIDGES AND NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...EXPECT EAST WIND 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS 35 TO 50 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ON THE EXPOSED RIDGES. LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE BIT LIGHTER EAST WIND...AT 5 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS 15 TO 20 MPH IN WIND EXPOSED AREAS. * TIMING OF WINDS...WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATELY STRONG THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE ON THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON LOW HUMIDITY AT 20 TO 30 PERCENT... BUT 10 TO 20 PERCENT EXPECTED ON UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES. EXPECT POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES...WITH 25 TO 40 PERCENT ON RIDGES AND MID TO UPPER SLOPES. * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FOREST FUELS...THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NEW FIRE GROWTH...AND FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES. && $$ ROCKEY
765 WWUS86 KPQR 032143 RFWPQR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 243 PM PDT WED OCT 3 2012 ORZ605>608-WAZ660-041700- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121005T0100Z/ ZONE 605-ZONE 606-ZONE 607-ZONE 608-ZONE 660- 243 PM PDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605...606... 607...608 AND 660...WHICH INCLUDES THE GIFFORD-PINCHOT...MT HOOD AND THE WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FORESTS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605...606...607...608 AND 660. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS 20 TO 25 MPH. IN THE WEST COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND EXPOSED RIDGES...EXPECT EAST WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS 30 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING OF WINDS...WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATELY STRONG THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...THEN WILL EASE A BIT ON THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON LOW HUMIDITY AT 15 TO 25 PERCENT. BUT 10 TO 15 PERCENT EXPECTED ON UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES. IN ZONES 607 AND 608...THE RIDGES MAY DROP AS LOW AS 8 TO 12 PERCENT AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH 20 TO 40 PERCENT ON MANY RIDGES AND MID TO UPPER SLOPES. * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FOREST FUELS...THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NEW FIRE GROWTH...AND FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES. && $$ ORZ601>604-612-WAZ601-602-604-041700- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121005T0100Z/ ZONE 601-ZONE 602-ZONE 603-ZONE 604-ZONE 612- 243 PM PDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 601...602... 603...604 AND 612...WHICH INCLUDES THE TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST AND THE SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 601...602...603...604 AND 612. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 20 TO 30 MPH. HOWEVER ON RIDGES AND NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...EXPECT EAST WIND 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS 30 TO 45 MPH. LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE BIT LIGHTER EAST WIND...AT 5 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS 15 TO 20 MPH IN WIND EXPOSED AREAS. * TIMING OF WINDS...WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATELY STRONG THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE ON THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON LOW HUMIDITY AT 15 TO 30 PERCENT...BUT 10 TO 15 PERCENT EXPECTED ON UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES IN THE COAST RANGE. EXPECT POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH GENERALLY 25 TO 40 PERCENT ON RIDGES AND MID TO UPPER SLOPES. * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FOREST FUELS...THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NEW FIRE GROWTH...AND FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES. && $$
224 WWUS86 KPQR 041500 RFWPQR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 800 AM PDT THU OCT 4 2012 ORZ605>608-WAZ660-050100- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121005T0100Z/ ZONE 605-ZONE 606-ZONE 607-ZONE 608-ZONE 660- 800 AM PDT THU OCT 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605... 606...607...608 AND 660...WHICH INCLUDES THE GIFFORD-PINCHOT...MT HOOD AND THE WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FORESTS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605...606...607...608 AND 660. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS 20 TO 25 MPH. IN THE WEST COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND EXPOSED RIDGES...EXPECT EAST WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS 30 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING OF WINDS...WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATELY STRONG THROUGH THIS MORNING...THEN WILL EASE A BIT ON LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON LOW HUMIDITY AT 15 TO 25 PERCENT. BUT 10 TO 15 PERCENT EXPECTED ON UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES. IN ZONES 607 AND 608...THE RIDGES MAY DROP AS LOW AS 8 TO 12 PERCENT AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES TONIGHT...WITH 20 TO 40 PERCENT ON MANY RIDGES AND MID TO UPPER SLOPES. * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FOREST FUELS...THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NEW FIRE GROWTH...AND FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES. && $$ ORZ601>604-612-WAZ601-602-604-050100- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121005T0100Z/ ZONE 601-ZONE 602-ZONE 603-ZONE 604-ZONE 612- 800 AM PDT THU OCT 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 601... 602...603...604 AND 612...WHICH INCLUDES THE TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST AND THE SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 601...602...603...604...AND 612. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 20 TO 30 MPH. HOWEVER ON RIDGES AND NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...EXPECT EAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS 30 TO 45 MPH. LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE A BIT LIGHTER EAST WIND...AT 5 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS 15 TO 20 MPH IN WIND EXPOSED AREAS. * TIMING OF WINDS...WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATELY STRONG THROUGH THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON LOW HUMIDITY AT 15 TO 30 PERCENT...BUT 10 TO 15 PERCENT EXPECTED ON UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES IN THE COAST RANGE. EXPECT POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES POSSIBLY AGAIN TONIGHT...WITH GENERALLY 25 TO 40 PERCENT ON RIDGES AND MID TO UPPER SLOPES...LOWER ELEVATIONS AND WIND SHELTERED VALLEYS HAVING BETTER RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FOREST FUELS...THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NEW FIRE GROWTH...AND FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES. && $$
703 WWUS86 KPQR 042004 RFWPQR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 104 PM PDT THU OCT 4 2012 ORZ605-607-WAZ660-051800- /O.EXT.KPQR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121007T0200Z/ ZONE 605-ZONE 607-ZONE 660- 104 PM PDT THU OCT 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605... 607 AND 660...WHICH INCLUDES THE GIFFORD-PINCHOT...AND MT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605...607 AND 660. FOCUS WILL BE ON FAVORED EAST WIND LOCATIONS AND EXPOSED RIDGES. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS 20 TO 25 MPH. IN THE WEST COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND EXPOSED RIDGES...EXPECT LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO 35 OR 40 MPH. * TIMING OF WINDS...WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATELY STRONG THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...THEN WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS LOOKS TO BE THE PEAK PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON LOW HUMIDITY AT 15 TO 25 PERCENT. BUT 10 TO 15 PERCENT EXPECTED ON UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES. EXPECT VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES TONIGHT...WITH 25 TO 40 PERCENT ON MANY RIDGES AND MID TO UPPER SLOPES. * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FOREST FUELS...THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NEW FIRE GROWTH...AND FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES. && $$ ORZ606-608-050100- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121005T0100Z/ ZONE 606-ZONE 608- 104 PM PDT THU OCT 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 606 AND 608... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 606 AND 608. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING OF WINDS...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THOUGH EXPOSED RIDGES MAY STILL SEE GUSTS TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT...THOUGH AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT FAR SOUTH ZONE 608. EXPECT POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES TONIGHT...TO AROUND 25 PERCENT IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS. * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FOREST FUELS...THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NEW FIRE GROWTH...AND FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES. && $$ ORZ601>604-612-WAZ601-602-604-050100- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121005T0100Z/ ZONE 601-ZONE 602-ZONE 603-ZONE 604-ZONE 612- 104 PM PDT THU OCT 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 601...602...603...604...AND 612...WHICH INCLUDES THE TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST AND THE SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 601...602...603...604..AND 612. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 20 TO 25 MPH. HOWEVER ON RIDGES AND NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...EXPECT EAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH. LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE A BIT LIGHTER EAST OR NORTH WIND...AT 5 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS 15 TO 20 MPH IN WIND EXPOSED AREAS. * TIMING OF WINDS...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT AND AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED RIDGES. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON LOW HUMIDITY AT 15 TO 25 PERCENT...BUT 10 TO 15 PERCENT EXPECTED ON UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES IN THE COAST RANGE. EXPECT POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES POSSIBLY AGAIN TONIGHT...WITH GENERALLY 30 TO 50 PERCENT ON RIDGES AND MID TO UPPER SLOPES. LOWER ELEVATIONS AND WIND SHELTERED VALLEYS CAN EXPECT BETTER RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FOREST FUELS...THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NEW FIRE GROWTH...AND FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES. && $$
340 WWUS86 KPQR 051611 RFWPQR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 911 AM PDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ORZ605-607-WAZ660-060000- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121007T0200Z/ ZONE 605-ZONE 607-ZONE 660- 911 AM PDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605... 607 AND 660... * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605 AND 607. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 660. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH GENERAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH. IN THE WEST COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND EXPOSED RIDGES...EXPECT LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH THIS MORNING...35 TO 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT SLIGHTLY LOWER WIND GUSTS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. * TIMING OF WINDS...WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATELY STRONG THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...EASE A BIT THIS EVENING...THEN EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON LOW HUMIDITY AT 15 TO 25 PERCENT. BUT 10 TO 15 PERCENT EXPECTED ON UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES. EXPECT VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES TONIGHT...WITH 25 TO 40 PERCENT ON MANY RIDGES AND MID TO UPPER SLOPES. * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FOREST FUELS...THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NEW FIRE GROWTH...AND FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES. && $$
087 WWUS86 KPQR 051631 RFWPQR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 931 AM PDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...DRY EAST WIND EVENT WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY... A THERMAL PRESSURE TROUGH NEAR THE COAST AND COOL HIGH PRESSURE EAST OF THE CASCADES WILL CONTINUE STRONG EAST WINDS THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING OR EARLY SUNDAY. A VERY DRY AIR MASS IN PLACE WILL PERSISTS...WITH VERY LOW OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES IN THE 25 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE. EAST WINDS EASE SIGNIFICANTLY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ORZ602-WAZ602-060045- /O.NEW.KPQR.FW.W.0006.121005T1631Z-121006T2200Z/ ZONE 602- 931 AM PDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EXPOSED RIDGES AND MID TO UPPER SLOPES OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES 602... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...EXPOSED RIDGES AND UPPER SLOPES OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 602. * WINDS...EAST NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING...EASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...AND INCREASING AGAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT...WITH OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES OF 25 TO 40 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FOREST FUELS...THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NEW FIRE GROWTH...AND FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. 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. && $$ ORZ605-607-WAZ660-060045- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121007T0200Z/ ZONE 605-ZONE 607-ZONE 660- 931 AM PDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605... 607 AND 660... * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605 AND 607. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 660. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH GENERAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH. IN THE WEST COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND EXPOSED RIDGES...EXPECT LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH THIS MORNING...35 TO 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT SLIGHTLY LOWER WIND GUSTS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. * TIMING OF WINDS...WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATELY STRONG THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...EASE A BIT THIS EVENING...THEN EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON LOW HUMIDITY AT 15 TO 25 PERCENT. BUT 10 TO 15 PERCENT EXPECTED ON UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES. EXPECT VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES TONIGHT...WITH 25 TO 40 PERCENT ON MANY RIDGES AND MID TO UPPER SLOPES. * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FOREST FUELS...THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NEW FIRE GROWTH...AND FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES. && $$
431 WWUS86 KPQR 051817 RFWPQR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 1117 AM PDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...DRY EAST WIND EVENT WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY... A THERMAL PRESSURE TROUGH NEAR THE COAST AND COOL HIGH PRESSURE EAST OF THE CASCADES WILL CONTINUE STRONG EAST WINDS THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING OR EARLY SUNDAY. A VERY DRY AIR MASS IN PLACE WILL PERSISTS...WITH VERY LOW OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES IN THE 25 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE. EAST WINDS EASE SIGNIFICANTLY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ORZ604-WAZ604-060230- /O.NEW.KPQR.FW.W.0007.121005T1817Z-121006T0400Z/ ZONE 604- 1117 AM PDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE 604... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 604...WITH THE FOCUS IN WASHINGTON...NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...AND IN THE NORTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS... A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES SHOULD ANY NEW FIRES OCCUR. CAUTION IS URGED DURING THIS AFTERNOON PERIOD. 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. && $$ ORZ605-607-WAZ660-060230- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121007T0200Z/ ZONE 605-ZONE 607-ZONE 660- 1117 AM PDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605... 607 AND 660... * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605 AND 607. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 660. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH GENERAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH. IN THE WEST COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND EXPOSED RIDGES...EXPECT LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH THIS MORNING...35 TO 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT SLIGHTLY LOWER WIND GUSTS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. * TIMING OF WINDS...WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATELY STRONG THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...EASE A BIT THIS EVENING...THEN EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON LOW HUMIDITY AT 15 TO 25 PERCENT. BUT 10 TO 15 PERCENT EXPECTED ON UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES. EXPECT VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES TONIGHT...WITH 25 TO 40 PERCENT ON MANY RIDGES AND MID TO UPPER SLOPES. * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FOREST FUELS...THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NEW FIRE GROWTH...AND FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES. && $$ ORZ602-WAZ602-060230- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-121006T2200Z/ ZONE 602- 1117 AM PDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE 602... * AFFECTED AREA...EXPOSED RIDGES AND UPPER SLOPES OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 602. * WINDS...EAST NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING...EASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...AND INCREASING AGAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT...WITH OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES OF 25 TO 40 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FOREST FUELS...THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NEW FIRE GROWTH...AND FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. 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. && $$
762 WWUS86 KPQR 052204 RFWPQR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 304 PM PDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...DRY EAST WIND EVENT WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT... A THERMAL PRESSURE TROUGH NEAR THE COAST AND COOL HIGH PRESSURE EAST OF THE CASCADES WILL CONTINUE STRONG EAST WINDS THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING OR EARLY SUNDAY. A VERY DRY AIR MASS IN PLACE WILL PERSIST...WITH VERY LOW OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES IN THE 25 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE. EAST WINDS EASE SIGNIFICANTLY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ORZ604-WAZ604-061900- /O.EXB.KPQR.FW.W.0005.121006T1700Z-121007T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121006T0400Z/ ZONE 604- 304 PM PDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE 604... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE 604... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM PDT SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 604...WITH THE FOCUS IN WASHINGTON...NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...AND IN THE NORTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY. SOUTH ZONE 604 WILL NOT EXPERIENCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 12 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. EXPECT WINDS TO SLACKEN OVERNIGHT AND THEN RETURN AGAIN ON SATURDAY...WITH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS... A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES SHOULD ANY NEW FIRES OCCUR. CAUTION IS URGED DURING THIS AFTERNOON PERIOD. 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES. 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. && $$ ORZ605-607-WAZ660-061900- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121007T0200Z/ ZONE 605-ZONE 607-ZONE 660- 304 PM PDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605... 607 AND 660... * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605 AND 607. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 660...MAINLY UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES AND WEST GORGE. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GENERAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH. IN THE WEST COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND EXPOSED RIDGES...GUSTS 45-55 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SLIGHTLY LOWER WIND GUSTS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. * TIMING OF WINDS...WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATELY STRONG THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...EASE A BIT THIS EVENING...THEN EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON LOW HUMIDITY AT 15 TO 25 PERCENT. BUT 10 TO 15 PERCENT EXPECTED ON UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES. EXPECT VERY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES TONIGHT...WITH 25 TO 40 PERCENT ON MANY RIDGES AND MID TO UPPER SLOPES. * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FOREST FUELS...THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NEW FIRE GROWTH...AND FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES. && $$ ORZ602-WAZ602-061900- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-121006T2200Z/ ZONE 602- 304 PM PDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE 602... * AFFECTED AREA...EXPOSED RIDGES AND UPPER SLOPES OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 602. * WINDS...EAST NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH DECREASING DURING THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING AGAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 25 PERCENT...WITH OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES OF 25 TO 45 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FOREST FUELS...THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NEW FIRE GROWTH...AND FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
817 WWUS86 KPQR 061616 RFWPQR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 916 AM PDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...DRY EAST WIND EVENT WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING... A THERMAL PRESSURE TROUGH NEAR THE COAST AND COOL HIGH PRESSURE EAST OF THE CASCADES WILL CONTINUE STRONG EAST WINDS THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. A VERY DRY AIR MASS IN PLACE WILL PERSIST...WITH VERY LOW OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES IN THE 25 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE FOR PEAKS...RIDGES...AND IN THE GORGE. EAST WINDS EASE SIGNIFICANTLY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THOUGH DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. ORZ605-607-WAZ660-070000- /O.EXT.KPQR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121007T1900Z/ ZONE 605-ZONE 607-ZONE 660- 916 AM PDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605... 607 AND 660... * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605 AND 607. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 660. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GENERAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH. IN THE WEST COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND EXPOSED RIDGES...GUSTS 45-55 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SLIGHTLY LOWER WIND GUSTS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES AGAIN TONIGHT WILL BE AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT FOR EXPOSED PEAKS AND RIDGES. * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FOREST FUELS...THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NEW FIRE GROWTH...AND FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD...EVEN AT NIGHT. 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES. && $$ ORZ602-WAZ602-062200- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-121006T2200Z/ ZONE 602- 916 AM PDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE 602... * AFFECTED AREA...PEAKS AND RIDGES OF ZONE 602 IN THE NORTH OREGON COAST RANGE AND WILLAPA HILLS OF SW WASHINGTON. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...EASING IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT LOCAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH AGAIN TONIGHT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES WILL GENERALLY BE ABOVE 40 PERCENT...THOUGH ISOLATED VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT ARE POSSIBLE ON PEAKS AND RIDGES. VALLEYS WILL SEE MUCH HIGHER RECOVERIES. * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FOREST FUELS...THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NEW FIRE GROWTH...AND FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ604-WAZ604-070000- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0005.121006T1700Z-121007T0200Z/ ZONE 604- 916 AM PDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE 604... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 604...WITH THE FOCUS IN WASHINGTON...NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...AND IN THE NORTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY. SOUTH ZONE 604 WILL NOT EXPERIENCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS... A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES SHOULD ANY NEW FIRES OCCUR. CAUTION IS URGED DURING THIS AFTERNOON PERIOD. 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES. 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. && $$
502 WWUS86 KPQR 062158 RFWPQR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 258 PM PDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...DRY EAST WIND EVENT WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING... A THERMAL PRESSURE TROUGH NEAR THE COAST AND COOL HIGH PRESSURE EAST OF THE CASCADES WILL MEAN ONE MORE NIGHT OF VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS. VERY LOW OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED IN THE 25 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE FOR PEAKS...RIDGES...AND IN THE GORGE. EAST WINDS EASE SIGNIFICANTLY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. NEXT WEEK WILL FEATURE DRY CONDITIONS WITH A RETURN TO LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW. ORZ602-WAZ602-062300- /O.EXP.KPQR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-121006T2200Z/ ZONE 602- 258 PM PDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE 602. OVERNIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR TO MODERATE AGAIN TONIGHT...FROM 25 TO 45 PERCENT ON PEAKS AND RIDGES. WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT...BUT LOOK FOR IT TO BE LOCALIZED AND NOT WIDESPREAD. $$ ORZ605-607-WAZ660-071800- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121007T1900Z/ ZONE 605-ZONE 607-ZONE 660- 258 PM PDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605... 607 AND 660... * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605 AND 607. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 660. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GENERAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH. IN THE WEST COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND EXPOSED RIDGES...GUSTS 40-50 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SLIGHTLY LOWER WIND GUSTS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES AGAIN TONIGHT WILL BE AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT FOR EXPOSED PEAKS AND RIDGES. * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FOREST FUELS...THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NEW FIRE GROWTH...AND FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD...EVEN AT NIGHT. 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES. && $$ ORZ604-WAZ604-070200- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121007T0200Z/ ZONE 604- 258 PM PDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR604 AND WA604... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 604...WITH THE FOCUS IN WASHINGTON...NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...AND IN THE NORTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY. SOUTH ZONE 604 WILL NOT EXPERIENCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 TO 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS... A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES SHOULD ANY NEW FIRES OCCUR. CAUTION IS URGED DURING THIS AFTERNOON PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
184 WWUS86 KPQR 071404 RFWPQR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 704 AM PDT SUN OCT 7 2012 ORZ605-607-WAZ660-071900- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121007T1900Z/ ZONE 605-ZONE 607-ZONE 660- 704 AM PDT SUN OCT 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT TODAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605... 607 AND 660...WHICH INCLUDES THE MOUNT HOOD AND GIFFORD PINCHOT NATIONAL FORESTS... * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605 AND 607. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 660. * WINDS...THOUGH EAST WINDS HAVE EASED...EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. EAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE LATER TODAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MORNING HUMIDITY REMAINS LOW...MOSTLY 15 TO 25 PERCENT...WITH THE LOWEST ON THE RIDGES. HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN LOW AGAIN TODAY. * IMPACTS...WITH EXTREMELY DRY FOREST FUELS...THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY EAST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NEW FIRE GROWTH...AND FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...AND RAPID SPREAD OF NEW FIRES. && $$
814 WWUS86 KPQR 071906 RFWPQR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 1206 PM PDT SUN OCT 7 2012 ORZ605-607-WAZ660-072015- /O.EXP.KPQR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121007T1900Z/ ZONE 605-ZONE 607-ZONE 660- 1206 PM PDT SUN OCT 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR605...OR607 AND WA660... EAST WINDS HAVE EASED...EAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...AND THROUGH THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE INTO THIS EVENING. EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO EASE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MORNING HUMIDITY REMAINS LOW...MOSTLY 15 TO 25 PERCENT...WITH THE LOWEST ON THE RIDGES. HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN LOW AGAIN TONIGHT ON THE RIDGES...BUT NOT AS LOW AS PAST NIGHTS. THOUGH THE WORST CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED...FOREST FUELS REMAIN QUITE DRY. ANY FIRE THAT STARTS COULD STILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. $$ ROCKEY.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Portland, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Oct 2, 9:11 AM PDT, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 9:11 AM PDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
911 AM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012
.SYNOPSIS...THE REMAINS OF A COLD FRONT OVER SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND
NORTHWEST OREGON THIS MORNING WILL CLEAR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AS DRIER NORTHERLY FLOW SPREADS IN. A SURFACE HIGH WILL MOVE
SOUTH OUT OF CANADA INTO EASTERN WASHINGTON AND OREGON WILL
DRAMATICALLY INCREASE THE OFFSHORE FLOW LATER TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY...CONTINUING THURSDAY. THE ASSOCIATED DRAMATIC DRYING WILL
BRING VERY COOL NIGHTTIME TEMPS TO WIND SHELTERED AREAS. AN UPPER LOW
OFF CALIFORNIA WILL DRIFT TOWARD SOUTHERN OREGON LATE IN THE WEEK AND
OVER THE WEEKEND AND MAY EVENTUALLY SPREAD SOME LOW CLOUDS ONTO THE
COAST. AS THE LOW MOVES EAST IT MAY STAY MOSTLY SOUTH OF THE
FORECAST AREA...SO THE CHANCES OF ANY RAINFALL ARE LOOKING QUITE
SLIM FOR A WHILE.
&&
.SHORT TERM...JUST SOME LEFT OVER BROKEN UP BANDS OF STRATOCUMULUS
LEFT OVER ACROSS SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON FROM THE
DISSIPATING PACIFIC COLD FRONT THIS MORNING. SOME SCATTERED CLOUDS
MAY LAST INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT IN GENERAL CLOUDS WILL CLEAR
OUT DURING THE AFTERNOON. DRIER NORTHERLY FLOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA...WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS EXPECTED NOT ONLY AT THE COAST
BUT ALSO INLAND. DESPITE THE LACK OF SOLID CLOUDS...COLD ADVECTION
WITH THE FRONT WILL DROP TEMPS TODAY INLAND INTO THE LOWER 70S OR SO.
A CANADIAN SURFACE HIGH WILL PUSH SOUTH INTO WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST
OREGON TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY IN THE WAKE OF ONE LAST VIGOROUS UPPER
SHORT WAVE DROPPING INTO MONTANA FROM CANADA. THIS WILL CAUSE A
SIGNIFICANT THERMAL TROUGH TO DEVELOP ALONG THE OREGON COAST...WITH
BRISK OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPING. EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE TONIGHT OVER
THE CASCADES AND COASTAL MOUNTAINS AND IN THE GORGE...AND SURFACE
INTO THE VALLEYS WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BE A DECENT OFFSHORE WIND
EVENT. GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GORGE AND OVER
THE MOUNTAINS. THIS WILL CAUSE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS BOTH FOR THE
WINDS AND THE EXPECTED LOW RHS.
NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE PATTERN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...WITH
BRISK WINDS CONTINUING. TEMPS INLAND WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MAY
STRUGGLE TO REACH 70...ESPECIALLY UP NEAR THE GORGE. WITH THE
SIGNIFICANT DRYING OF THE AIR MASS...WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR NIGHTTIME
TEMPS GETTING CLOSE TO FREEZING IN WIND SHELTERED AREAS. TOLLESON
.LONG TERM...NO CHANGES. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS...
FEW CHANGES IN EXTENDED PATTERN THIS AFTERNOON. MODELS HAVE BEEN IN
GOOD AGREEMENT THE PAST SEVERAL RUNS THAT A REX BLOCK OVER THE NE
PACIFIC WILL LIFT NORTHWARD AND SHIFT INLAND BY THIS WEEKEND. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL MAINLY DOMINATE OREGON WHILE LOW PRESSURE MOVES OVER
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. DRY WEATHER AND SEASONAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE
INTO NEXT WEEK UNDER OFFSHORE FLOW. SOME WRAP AROUND MOISTURE MAY
COME OUR WAY AS THE LOW PUSHES INTO CALIFORNIA SOME MOISTURE OUR WAY
EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT AT BEST THERE MAY BE ONLY SOME HIGHER CLOUDS
OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND COAST. MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION IS STILL NOT
EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. /27
&&
.AVIATION...MARINE CLOUDS BEHIND THE FRONT THIS MORNING ARE MOTH
EATEN...WITH AREAS OF MVFR CIGS. MAY SEE SOME CLOUDS FILL INTO THE
CLEAR AREAS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS THIS MORNING...BUT OVERALL TREND
WILL BE FOR MVFR CIGS TO GIVE WAY TO VFR CONDITIONS BY LATE
MORNING...AFTER 18Z. IT IS DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN WHAT SITES WILL SEE
MVFR CIGS WHEN...BUT LEAST LIKELY APPEARS TO BE THE S WILLAMETTE
VALLEY.
KPDX AND APPROACHES...MVFR CIGS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN BROKEN AT
BEST...AND EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE OVER THE VICINITY BY AROUND 18Z.
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL.
&&
.MARINE...STRONG HIGH PRES WAS BUILDING OVER THE NE PACIFIC THIS
MORNING...THEN A TROUGH OF THERMALLY INDUCED LOW PRES WILL BUILD UP
THE OREGON COAST TONIGHT AND WED. THIS WILL BRING AN EXTENDED PERIOD
OF NORTHERLY WINDS OVER 20KT. A FEW GALE FORCE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE AT
TIMES WED AS THE TROUGH REACHES ITS PEAK STRENGTH. EXPECT THE TROUGH
TO WEAKEN SOMEWHAT DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK.
SEAS ALREADY COMING UP ACROSS THE NORTHERN WATERS THIS MORNING BEHIND
THE FRONT. WILL LIKELY SEE SEAS REMAINING AT OR A LITTLE ABOVE 10 FT
INTO EARLY WED.
&&
.PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
WA...NONE.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO FLORENCE OR OUT
60 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 5 AM PDT
WED FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO FLORENCE
OR OUT 60 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR UNTIL
9 AM PDT THIS MORNING.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR FROM 4 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING.
&&
MORE WEATHER INFORMATION ONLINE AT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FROM
THE CASCADE CREST TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. THE AREA IS COMMONLY
REFERRED TO AS THE FORECAST AREA.Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 2, 6:42 AM PDT, 7 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 642 AM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ORZ001>014-WAZ019>023-039-040-031645- NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST- COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON- CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA- GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY- SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE- NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES- CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY- UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-WILLAPA HILLS- SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY- GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS- 642 AM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Portland, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 8:39 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | PQR | 24 hr | |
| Oct 2, 3:03 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | PQR | 6 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Washington, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Oregon, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
Sources
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