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Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Pendleton, OR

July 1, 2014

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this red flag warning at Jul 1, 2014, 2:29 PM PDT. It took effect at Jul 2, 2014, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2014, 2:29 PM PDT (21:29 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 2, 2014, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired
Jul 3, 2014, 5:00 AM PDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Pendleton, OR

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

025 
WWUS86 KPDT 012129
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
229 PM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WEDNESDAY...

.HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO CURE FUELS AND INCREASE
BURNING INDICES. ON WEDNESDAY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL OREGON BY AROUND MID-DAY...MOVE NORTH AND
EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL BLUE MOUNTAINS DURING THE
AFTERNOON...AND FINALLY INTO THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS AND
WALLOWA COUNTY IN THE EVENING. THERE WILL BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY
THUNDERSTORMS...BUT MOST STORMS WILL PRODUCE LESS THAN A TENTH OF
AN INCH OF RAIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE ABUNDANT
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND COULD POTENTIALLY START
SEVERAL NEW WILDFIRES.

ORZ611-640-021500-
/O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0002.140702T1800Z-140703T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KPDT.FW.W.0003.140702T1800Z-140703T0300Z/
DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST - MINUS SISTERS RANGER DISTRICT-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
229 PM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY
FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE
WEATHER ZONES OR611 AND OR640...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ611...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES 
  NATIONAL FOREST  -MINUS SISTERS RANGER DISTRICT. IN ORZ640...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 640 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON.

* TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AROUND MID-DAY
  WEDNESDAY AND WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING.

* THUNDERSTORMS...WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
  EXPECTED...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND
  30 MPH.

* PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL BE DRY WITH LESS THAN A TENTH
  OF AN INCH OF RAIN...BUT SOME STORMS COULD BE WET WITH UP TO AROUND
  A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN.

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY 
  RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS.

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

ORZ642-644-021500-
/O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0002.140702T1800Z-140703T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KPDT.FW.W.0003.140702T1800Z-140703T0600Z/
SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL BLUE MOUNTAINS-
229 PM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY
FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE
WEATHER ZONES OR642 AND OR644...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ642...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 642 SOUTHERN 
  BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS. IN ORZ644...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  644 CENTRAL BLUE MOUNTAINS.

* TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AROUND MID-DAY
  WEDNESDAY AND WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING.

* THUNDERSTORMS...WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
  EXPECTED...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND
  30 MPH.

* PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL BE DRY WITH LESS THAN A TENTH
  OF AN INCH OF RAIN...BUT SOME STORMS COULD BE WET WITH UP TO AROUND
  A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN.

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY 
  RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS.

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

ORZ643-645-WAZ643-645-021500-
/O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0002.140703T0000Z-140703T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KPDT.FW.W.0003.140703T0000Z-140703T1200Z/
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-WALLOWA DISTRICT-
BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-ASOTIN COUNTY-
229 PM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM PDT
THURSDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS
FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR643...OR645...WA643 AND WA645...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ643...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 643 NORTHERN 
  BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. IN ORZ645...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 645 
  WALLOWA DISTRICT. IN WAZ643...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 643 BLUE 
  MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. IN WAZ645...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 645 
  ASOTIN COUNTY.

* TIMING....STORMS WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* THUNDERSTORMS...WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
  EXPECTED...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND
  30 MPH.

* PRECIPITATION...THERE WILL BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY STORMS WITH
  AFFECTED AREAS RECEIVING BETWEEN 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH AND
  AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN.

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY 
  RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS.

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
5 follow-up statements
602 
WWUS86 KPDT 021158
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
458 AM PDT WED JUL 2 2014

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING TODAY...

.HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO CURE FUELS AND INCREASE
BURNING INDICES. TODAY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
OVER CENTRAL OREGON BY AROUND MID-DAY...MOVE NORTH AND EAST INTO
THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL BLUE MOUNTAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND
FINALLY INTO THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS AND WALLOWA COUNTY IN THE
EVENING. THERE WILL BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS...BUT
MOST STORMS WILL PRODUCE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
OUTFLOW WINDS AND COULD POTENTIALLY START SEVERAL NEW WILDFIRES.

ORZ611-640-022300-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0003.140702T1800Z-140703T0300Z/
DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST - MINUS SISTERS RANGER DISTRICT-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
458 AM PDT WED JUL 2 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT
LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR611 AND OR640...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ611...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES
  NATIONAL FOREST MINUS SISTERS RANGER DISTRICT. IN ORZ640...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 640 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON.

* TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AROUND MID-DAY 
  TODAY AND WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING. 

* THUNDERSTORMS...WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED... 
  SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 30 MPH. 

* PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL BE DRY WITH LESS THAN A TENTH 
  OF AN INCH OF RAIN...BUT SOME STORMS COULD BE WET WITH UP TO 
  AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY 
  RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

ORZ642-644-022300-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0003.140702T1800Z-140703T0600Z/
SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL BLUE MOUNTAINS-
458 AM PDT WED JUL 2 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT
LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR642 AND OR644...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ642...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 642 SOUTHERN 
  BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS. IN ORZ644...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  644 CENTRAL BLUE MOUNTAINS. 

* TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AROUND MID-DAY 
  TODAY AND WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING. 

* THUNDERSTORMS...WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED... 
  SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 30 MPH. 

* PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL BE DRY WITH LESS THAN A TENTH 
  OF AN INCH OF RAIN...BUT SOME STORMS COULD BE WET WITH UP TO 
  AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY 
  RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

ORZ643-645-WAZ643-645-022300-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0003.140703T0000Z-140703T1200Z/
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-WALLOWA DISTRICT-
BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-ASOTIN COUNTY-
458 AM PDT WED JUL 2 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING
ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR643...OR645...WA643 AND WA645...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 AM PDT THURSDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ643...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 643 NORTHERN 
  BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. IN ORZ645...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 645 
  WALLOWA DISTRICT. IN WAZ643...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 643 BLUE 
  MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. IN WAZ645...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 645 
  ASOTIN COUNTY. 

* TIMING....STORMS WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO THE AREA LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
  TONIGHT.

* THUNDERSTORMS...WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED... 
  SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 30 MPH. 

* PRECIPITATION...THERE WILL BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY STORMS WITH 
  AFFECTED AREAS RECEIVING BETWEEN 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH AND 
  AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY 
  RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
284 
WWUS86 KPDT 021850
RFWPDT

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1150 AM PDT WED JUL 2 2014

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING TODAY...

.HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO CURE FUELS AND INCREASE
BURNING INDICES. TODAY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
OVER CENTRAL OREGON...MOVE NORTH AND EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL BLUE MOUNTAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...AND FINALLY
INTO THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS AND WALLOWA COUNTY IN THE
EVENING. THERE WILL BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS...BUT
MOST STORMS WILL PRODUCE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
OUTFLOW WINDS AND COULD POTENTIALLY START SEVERAL NEW WILDFIRES.

ORZ611-640-030300-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140703T0300Z/
DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST - MINUS SISTERS RANGER DISTRICT-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
1150 AM PDT WED JUL 2 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING
FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE
WEATHER ZONES OR611 AND OR640...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ611...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES 
  NATIONAL FOREST MINUS SISTERS RANGER DISTRICT. IN ORZ640... 
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 640 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. 

* TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON AND
  WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING.

* THUNDERSTORMS...WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED... 
  SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 30 MPH. 

* PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL BE DRY WITH LESS THAN A TENTH 
  OF AN INCH OF RAIN...BUT SOME STORMS COULD BE WET WITH UP TO 
  AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY 
  RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

ORZ642-644-030300-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140703T0600Z/
SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL BLUE MOUNTAINS-
1150 AM PDT WED JUL 2 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS
FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR642 AND OR644...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ642...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 642 SOUTHERN 
  BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS. IN ORZ644...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  644 CENTRAL BLUE MOUNTAINS. 

* TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE
  AFTERNOON AND WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING.

* THUNDERSTORMS...WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED... 
  SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 30 MPH. 

* PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL BE DRY WITH LESS THAN A TENTH 
  OF AN INCH OF RAIN...BUT SOME STORMS COULD BE WET WITH UP TO 
  AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY 
  RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

ORZ643-645-WAZ643-645-030300-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0003.140703T0000Z-140703T1200Z/
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-WALLOWA DISTRICT-
BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-ASOTIN COUNTY-
1150 AM PDT WED JUL 2 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING
ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR643...OR645...WA643 AND WA645...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 AM PDT THURSDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ643...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 643 NORTHERN 
  BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. IN ORZ645...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 645 
  WALLOWA DISTRICT. IN WAZ643...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 643 BLUE 
  MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. IN WAZ645...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 645 
  ASOTIN COUNTY. 

* TIMING....STORMS WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND
  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

* THUNDERSTORMS...WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED... 
  SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 30 MPH. 

* PRECIPITATION...THERE WILL BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY STORMS WITH 
  AFFECTED AREAS RECEIVING BETWEEN 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH AND 
  AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY 
  RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
116 
WWUS86 KPDT 030243
RFWPDT

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
743 PM PDT WED JUL 2 2014

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING TONIGHT...

.HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO CURE FUELS AND INCREASE
BURNING INDICES. TONIGHT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
OVER EASTERN OREGON...MOVE NORTH AND EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL BLUE MOUNTAINS DURING THE EVENING...AND FINALLY INTO THE
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS AND WALLOWA COUNTY IN THE LATE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS...BUT
MOST STORMS WILL PRODUCE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
OUTFLOW WINDS AND COULD POTENTIALLY START SEVERAL NEW WILDFIRES.

ORZ611-640-030345-
/O.EXP.KPDT.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140703T0300Z/
DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST - MINUS SISTERS RANGER DISTRICT-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
743 PM PDT WED JUL 2 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER
ZONES OR611 AND OR640...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THESE ZONES AND ARE NO LONGER A
THREAT TO IGNITE NEW WILDFIRES. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM.

$$

ORZ642-644-030600-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140703T0600Z/
SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL BLUE MOUNTAINS-
743 PM PDT WED JUL 2 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS
FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR642 AND OR644...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ642...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 642 SOUTHERN 
  BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS. IN ORZ644...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  644 CENTRAL BLUE MOUNTAINS. 

* TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EVENING
  AND WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING.

* THUNDERSTORMS...WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED... 
  SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 30 MPH. 

* PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL BE DRY WITH LESS THAN A TENTH 
  OF AN INCH OF RAIN...BUT SOME STORMS COULD BE WET WITH UP TO 
  AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY 
  RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

ORZ643-645-WAZ643-645-031200-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140703T1200Z/
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-WALLOWA DISTRICT-
BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-ASOTIN COUNTY-
743 PM PDT WED JUL 2 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER
ZONES OR643...OR645...WA643 AND WA645...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ643...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 643 NORTHERN 
  BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. IN ORZ645...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 645 
  WALLOWA DISTRICT. IN WAZ643...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 643 BLUE 
  MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. IN WAZ645...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 645 
  ASOTIN COUNTY. 

* TIMING....STORMS WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING 
  AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. 

* THUNDERSTORMS...WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED... 
  SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 30 MPH. 

* PRECIPITATION...THERE WILL BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY STORMS WITH 
  AFFECTED AREAS RECEIVING BETWEEN 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH AND 
  AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY 
  RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

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684 
WWUS86 KPDT 030535
RFWPDT

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1035 PM PDT WED JUL 2 2014

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING TONIGHT...

.HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO CURE FUELS AND INCREASE
BURNING INDICES. TONIGHT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
OVER NORTHEAST OREGON...MOVING NORTH AND EAST INTO THE NORTHERN
BLUE MOUNTAINS AND WALLOWA COUNTY IN THE LATE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS...BUT
MOST STORMS WILL PRODUCE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
OUTFLOW WINDS AND COULD POTENTIALLY START SEVERAL NEW WILDFIRES.

ORZ642-644-030645-
/O.EXP.KPDT.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140703T0600Z/
SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL BLUE MOUNTAINS-
1035 PM PDT WED JUL 2 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER
ZONES OR642 AND OR644...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST OF THESE ZONES AND ARE
NO LONGER A THREAT TO IGNITE NEW WILDFIRES IN THESE AREAS. THEREFORE
THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 11 PM.

$$

ORZ643-645-WAZ643-645-031200-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140703T1200Z/
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-WALLOWA DISTRICT-
BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-ASOTIN COUNTY-
1035 PM PDT WED JUL 2 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER
ZONES OR643...OR645...WA643 AND WA645...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ643...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 643 NORTHERN 
  BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. IN ORZ645...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 645 
  WALLOWA DISTRICT. IN WAZ643...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 643 BLUE 
  MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. IN WAZ645...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 645 
  ASOTIN COUNTY. 

* TIMING....STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING
  AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

* THUNDERSTORMS...WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED... 
  SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 30 MPH. 

* PRECIPITATION...THERE WILL BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY STORMS WITH 
  AFFECTED AREAS RECEIVING BETWEEN 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH AND 
  AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY 
  RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

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178 
WWUS86 KPDT 031149
RFWPDT

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
449 AM PDT THU JUL 3 2014

...THUNDERSTORM THREAT HAS ENDED FOR THIS MORNING...

ORZ643-645-WAZ643-645-031300-
/O.EXP.KPDT.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140703T1200Z/
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-WALLOWA DISTRICT-
BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-ASOTIN COUNTY-
449 AM PDT THU JUL 3 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING
FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE
WEATHER ZONES OR643...OR645...WA643 AND WA645...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING. 

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OFF TO THE EAST OVERNIGHT AND ARE NO
LONGER A THREAT TO START NEW WILDFIRES. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 5 AM. 

$$

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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 Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Jul 1, 10:48 AM PDT, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 10:48 AM PDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1048 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014

UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION

.SHORT TERM...TODAY TROUGH WEDNESDAY...FURTHER INTENSIFICATION OF
THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL TAKE PLACE TODAY ALLOWING
TEMPERATURES TO INCREASE AROUND 10 DEGREES TODAY. THIS WILL PLACE
TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 90S AROUND THE BASIN AND 80S IN THE
MOUNTAINS. WEDNESDAYS TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT THE SAME BUT
SLIGHTLY COOLER NEAR THE CASCADES.

SOME HIGH BASED MOISTURE CREEPING NORTH FROM CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE
INTO SOUTHERN OREGON THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COULD COMBINE WITH
INCREASING INSTABILITY IN THE AREA TO PRODUCE SOME LATE DAY
THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTH OF DESCHUTES COUNTY. IF SO SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD MOVE NORTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. ON WEDNESDAY THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL SHIFT FURTHER TO
THE EAST PLACING THE FORECAST AREA UNDER A SOUTHWEST FLOW. THIS WILL
ALLOW A PIECE OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY TO COME OUT OF A TROUGH IN THE
EASTERN PACIFIC AND MOVE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THIS WILL
DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA LEADING TO
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE MOST LIKELY PLACE FOR THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM CENTRAL OREGON THROUGH NORTHEAST OREGON
BUT ENTIRE FORECAST AREA WILL AT LEAST HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.FIRE WX...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WILL
CONTINUE TO CURE FUELS AND INCREASE BURNING INDICES. THEN ON
WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL OREGON AROUND
MID-DAY WEDNESDAY...MOVE NORTH AND EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
BLUE MOUNTAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND FINALLY INTO THE NORTHERN
BLUE MOUNTAINS AND WALLOWA COUNTY IN THE EVENING. THERE WILL BE A
MIX OF WET AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS...BUT MOST STORMS WILL PRODUCE LESS
THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO
PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND COULD
POTENTIALLY START SEVERAL NEW WILDFIRES. AS A RESULT...FIRE WEATHER
WATCHES ARE BEING ISSUED FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

&&

.AVIATION...18Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS. EXPECT MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WITH JUST FEW TO SCATTERED CIRRUS
AOA 20K FT AGL THROUGH THIS EVENING. AFTER 06Z, CLOUD COVER WILL
INCREASE AND CLOUD BASES BEGIN LOWERING DOWN TO AROUND 15K FT AGL,
ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL OREGON EASTWARD TO KGCD. THERE WILL BE A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 21Z THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE
OREGON CASCADE CRESTS AND IN SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON SOUTH OF SUNRIVER.
DUE TO THE MARGINAL NATURE OF THE THREAT, DID NOT ADD MENTION OF TS
TO THE TAFS FOR KBDN AND KRDM FOR THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN
BELOW 12 KTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS EXCEPT FOR A FEW GUSTS TO 18 KTS
AT KRDM THIS AFTERNOON.  POLAN

&&

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 417 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014/

SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THE UPPER RIDGE OVER
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST TODAY AS A TROUGH
ALONG 140W PUSHES EAST. AS SUCH, WILL SEE A SOUTHWEST FLOW DEVELOP
ALOFT THROUGH TODAY. THIS FLOW WILL RESULT IN A WARMING OF TEMPS
ACROSS THE REGION, WITH MOST LOCATIONS SEEING HIGHS AROUND 10
DEGREES WARMER THAN ON MONDAY. THERE WILL ALSO BE A GRADUAL INCREASE
IN MOISTURE ALOFT AS WELL. THE MOISTURE WILL STILL BE SOMEWHAT
LIMITED, BUT IT WILL BE HIGHER THAN EARLY THIS MORNING. THERE WILL
ALSO BE SOME LIMITED ELEVATED INSTABILITY TONIGHT. THUS A FEW HIGH
BASED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS LOOK TO DRIFT INTO CENTRAL OREGON AND
OVER THE OREGON CASCADES TONIGHT. WILL TRIM AREAL COVERAGE IN THE
CURRENT FORECAST A BIT TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING DUE TO THE
LIMITED MOISTURE AND A DECREASE IN ELEVATED INSTABILITY. THE
APPROACHING PACIFIC TROUGH STILL LOOKS TO SWING ACROSS THE REGION
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE
TROUGH IS NOT PARTICULARLY IMPRESSIVE, BUT SURFACE HEATING AND
DYNAMIC ENERGY WILL CREATE VERY GOOD CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL. THUS
EXPECT FAIRLY HIGH BASED CONVECTION WITH LIMITED AMOUNTS OF RAIN.
COVERAGES SHOULD GENERALLY BE ISOLATED, BUT INCREASING UPSLOPE FLOW
INTO THE OCHOCO, STRAWBERRY, BLUE AND WALLOWA MOUNTAINS SHOULD LEAD
TO SOME AREAS OF SCATTERED COVERAGE. THUS WILL ONLY MAKE MINOR
ADJUSTMENTS TO CURRENT FORECASTS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING. WILL SEE A GRADUAL END OF SHOWERS AND STORMS FROM THE WEST
LATE EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. THIS IS ALSO COVERED WELL
IN THE CURRENT FORECAST. 90

LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...MODELS HAVE A LARGE TROUGH
CENTERED OFF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST ON THURSDAY WITH A
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER OUR AREA. MODELS SHOW INSTABILITY OVER THE
EASTERN MOUNTAIN OF OREGON ALONG WITH SOME MID LEVEL MOISTURE SO
HAVE KEPT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHERN BLUE
MOUNTAINS AND WALLOWA COUNTY IN THE MORNING AND IN ALMOST ALL OF THE
EASTERN OREGON MOUNTAINS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHILE THE REST
OF THE AREA WILL REMAIN FAIR AND DRY. BY FRIDAY THE MODELS SHOW THE
CENTRAL LOW OF THE TROUGH WEAKENING AND MOVING ASHORE. THE FLOW
BECOMES MORE WESTERLY AND MUCH MORE STABLE SO HAVE TAKEN ALL MENTION
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OUT OF THE FORECAST FOR THE FOURTH OF
JULY. THE FLATTER FLOW MEANS THE TEMPERATURES WILL DROP FROM THE MID
80S TO MID 90S ON THURSDAY TO THE UPPER 70S AND 80S ON FRIDAY.
MODELS SHOW A WAVE COMING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY WITH A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS ALONG THE WASHINGTON CASCADE CREST BUT
THE REST OF THE AREA LOOKS DRY. DO NOT SEE MUCH IN THE WAY OF
INSTABILITY IN THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS SO HAVE REMOVED THUNDERSTORMS
THERE. A CONTINUED WESTERLY FLOW INTO THE CASCADES WILL KEEP A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THERE INTO SUNDAY BUT THE REST OF THE
AREA LOOKS DRY. THE GFS KEEPS A FLAT WESTERLY FLOW OVER THE AREA
MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WHILE THE ECMWF HAS WEAK RIDGING DEVELOPING.
BOTH SCENARIOS SHOULD BE DRY FOR US SO HAVE A DRY FORECAST MONDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE MID 80S TO LOWER
90S WITH MID 70S TO MID 80S IN THE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY. PERRY

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
PDT  94  59  94  59 /   0   0  20  20
ALW  94  65  95  65 /   0   0  20  20
PSC  96  60  98  63 /   0   0  20  20
YKM  96  61  94  61 /   0   0  20  20
HRI  96  59  97  63 /   0   0  20  20
ELN  96  57  94  61 /   0   0  20  20
RDM  95  53  90  49 /   0  10  30  20
LGD  90  58  92  57 /   0   0  20  40
GCD  92  59  93  55 /   0   0  30  30
DLS  98  64  90  62 /   0  10  20  10

&&

.PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
     EVENING ORZ503-505-506.

     FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
     WEDNESDAY NIGHT ORZ049-050-502-507.

     FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
     EVENING ORZ509>511.

WA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
     WEDNESDAY NIGHT WAZ030.

&&

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