Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Spokane, WA

825 
WWUS86 KOTX 190411
RFWOTX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
911 PM PDT TUE AUG 18 2015

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY...

.A THERMAL TROUGH MIGRATING THROUGH THE REGION WILL BRING DRY AND
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS TO THE CASCADES AND NORTHERN MOUNTAIN
DISTRICTS ON WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL
DEVELOP WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THE CASCADE GAPS...AND SPREAD
ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY WITH CONTINUED WARM CONDITIONS AND
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. FINALLY ON THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY 
A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION FEATURING WINDY
CONDITIONS OVER ALL DISTRICTS...AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.

WAZ673-676-677-680-682-191500-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.150819T1800Z-150822T0000Z/
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)-
911 PM PDT TUE AUG 18 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO
5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR UNSTABLE THERMAL TROUGH FOLLOWED BY WINDS AND
LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 673...676...677...680 AND 682...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN 
  COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST 
  WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 
  677)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL 
  CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST 
  WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682).

* WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING: UNSTABLE WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE 
  REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. BREEZY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL 
  WILL BEGIN THROUGH THE CASCADE GAPS WEDNESDAY EVENING...WINDY 
  CONDITIONS THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND 
  PASSES THROUGH THE AREA.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 12 TO 20 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS AND 25 TO 
  35 PERCENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WARM AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS
  CAN BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. WINDS AND LOW
  RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING OF EXISTING
  FIRES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

WAZ684>687-191500-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.150819T1800Z-150822T0000Z/
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)-
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)-
911 PM PDT TUE AUG 18 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO
5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR AN UNSTABLE THERMAL TROUGH FOLLOWED BY BREEZY
AND DRY CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND AND A COLD FRONT PASSAGE FRIDAY
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 684...685...686 AND 687...

* THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG 
  WARNING FOR AN UNSTABLE THERMAL TROUGH WEDNESDAY FOLLOWED BY 
  BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RH THURSDAY AND A COLD FRONT PASSAGE 
  WITH WINDY CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 
  AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON 
  OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 685 
  EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687).

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THURSDAY 
  AND WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH FRIDAY.

* TIMING: ON WEDNESDAY THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DRY AND UNSTABLE 
  CONDITIONS WITH TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS. ON THURSDAY BREEZY 
  CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE PEAK HEATING AFTERNOON 
  PERIOD. THURSDAY NIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH WITH 
  WINDS INCREASING AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY ALTHOUGH 
  TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER AND MINIMUM RH WILL BE HIGHER ON 
  FRIDAY.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 12 TO 25 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS AND 25 TO 
  38 PERCENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED WET THUNDERSTORMS ARE 
  POSSIBLE WITH THE COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY ESPECIALLY NEAR THE 
  CANADIAN BORDER. THIS POTENTIAL IS LESS CERTAIN THAN THE WIND 
  FORECASTS.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WARM AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS
  CAN BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. WINDS AND LOW
  RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING OF EXISTING
  FIRES.

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 EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

IDZ101-WAZ674-191500-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.150820T1800Z-150822T0000Z/
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)-
EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)-
911 PM PDT TUE AUG 18 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 5 PM
PDT FRIDAY FOR BREEZY WINDS AND LOW RH THURSDAY AND WINDY
CONDITIONS WITH A COLD FRONT PASSAGE ON FRIDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 674 AND 101....

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL 
  IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST 
  WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674).

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 12 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH ON 
  THURSDAY AND SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ON 
  FRIDAY.

* TIMING: BREEZY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON DURING THE PEAK HEATING AFTERNOON PERIOD. A COLD 
  FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND PROMOTE 
  BREEZY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES 
  WILL BE COOLER AND MINIMUM RH WILL BE HIGHER.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 11 TO 25 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS AND 25 TO 
  38 PERCENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
  HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING OF EXISTING FIRES.

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 EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

565 
WWUS86 KOTX 191151
RFWOTX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
451 AM PDT WED AUG 19 2015

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY...

.A THERMAL TROUGH MIGRATING THROUGH THE REGION WILL BRING DRY AND
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS TO THE CASCADES AND NORTHERN MOUNTAIN
DISTRICTS TODAY. IN ADDITION BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS
EVENING THROUGH THE CASCADE GAPS...AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION ON
THURSDAY WITH CONTINUED WARM CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES. FINALLY ON THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY A COLD FRONT
WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION FEATURING WINDY CONDITIONS OVER ALL
DISTRICTS...AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS.

WAZ673-676-677-680-682-192315-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.150819T1800Z-150822T0000Z/
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)-
451 AM PDT WED AUG 19 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR UNSTABLE THERMAL TROUGH FOLLOWED BY WINDS AND
LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 673...676...677...680 AND 682...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN 
  COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST 
  WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 
  677)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL 
  CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST 
  WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682).

* WINDS: WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING: UNSTABLE WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE
  REGION THIS AFTERNOON. BREEZY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN
  THROUGH THE CASCADE GAPS THIS EVENING...WINDY CONDITIONS
  CONTINUE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND
  PASSES THROUGH THE AREA.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 12 TO 20 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS AND 25 TO
  35 PERCENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WARM AND UNSTABLE 
  CONDITIONS CAN BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. 
  WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING 
  OF EXISTING FIRES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

WAZ684>687-192315-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.150819T1800Z-150822T0000Z/
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)-
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)-
451 AM PDT WED AUG 19 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR UNSTABLE THERMAL TROUGH FOLLOWED BY BREEZY
AND DRY CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND A COLD FRONT PASSAGE FRIDAY FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 684...685...686 AND 687...

* THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
  WARNING FOR AN UNSTABLE THERMAL TROUGH TODAY FOLLOWED BY BREEZY
  CONDITIONS AND LOW RH THURSDAY AND A COLD FRONT PASSAGE WITH
  WINDY CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM
  WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON 
  OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 685 
  EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687).

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THURSDAY
  AND WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH FRIDAY.

* TIMING: TODAY THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DRY AND UNSTABLE
  CONDITIONS WITH TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS. ON THURSDAY BREEZY
  CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE PEAK HEATING AFTERNOON
  PERIOD. THURSDAY NIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH WITH
  WINDS INCREASING AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY ALTHOUGH
  TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER AND MINIMUM RH WILL BE HIGHER ON
  FRIDAY.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 12 TO 25 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS AND 25 TO 
  37 PERCENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED WET THUNDERSTORMS ARE 
  POSSIBLE WITH THE COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY ESPECIALLY NEAR THE 
  CANADIAN BORDER. THIS POTENTIAL IS LESS CERTAIN THAN THE WIND 
  FORECASTS.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WARM AND UNSTABLE 
  CONDITIONS CAN BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. 
  WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING 
  OF EXISTING FIRES.

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 EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

IDZ101-WAZ674-192315-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.150820T1800Z-150822T0000Z/
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)-
EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)-
451 AM PDT WED AUG 19 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 5 PM
PDT FRIDAY FOR BREEZY WINDS AND LOW RH THURSDAY AND WINDY
CONDITIONS WITH A COLD FRONT PASSAGE ON FRIDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 674 AND 101....

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL 
  IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST 
  WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674).

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 12 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH ON 
  THURSDAY AND SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ON 
  FRIDAY.

* TIMING: BREEZY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON DURING THE PEAK HEATING AFTERNOON PERIOD. A COLD 
  FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND PROMOTE 
  BREEZY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES 
  WILL BE COOLER AND MINIMUM RH WILL BE HIGHER.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 11 TO 25 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS AND 25 TO
  38 PERCENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE 
  HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING OF EXISTING FIRES.

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 EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

043 
WWUS86 KOTX 192117
RFWOTX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
217 PM PDT WED AUG 19 2015

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...

.A THERMAL TROUGH MIGRATING THROUGH THE REGION WILL BRING DRY AND
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS TO THE CASCADES AND NORTHERN MOUNTAIN
DISTRICTS TODAY. IN ADDITION BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS
EVENING THROUGH THE CASCADE GAPS...AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION
ON THURSDAY WITH CONTINUED WARM CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES. FINALLY ON THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY A COLD FRONT
WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION FEATURING WINDY CONDITIONS OVER ALL
DISTRICTS...AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.

WAZ673-676-677-680-682-200730-
/O.EXT.KOTX.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150822T0600Z/
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)-
217 PM PDT WED AUG 19 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR
UNSTABLE THERMAL TROUGH FOLLOWED BY WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 673...676...677...680 AND 682...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN 
  COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST 
  WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 
  677)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL 
  CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST 
  WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682).

* WINDS: WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING: UNSTABLE WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE 
  REGION THIS AFTERNOON. BREEZY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN 
  THROUGH THE CASCADE GAPS THIS EVENING...WINDY CONDITIONS 
  CONTINUE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND 
  PASSES THROUGH THE AREA.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 12 TO 20 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS AND 25 TO
  35 PERCENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WARM AND UNSTABLE 
  CONDITIONS CAN BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. 
  WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING 
  OF EXISTING FIRES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

WAZ684>687-200730-
/O.EXT.KOTX.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150822T0600Z/
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)-
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)-
217 PM PDT WED AUG 19 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR
UNSTABLE THERMAL TROUGH FOLLOWED BY BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS
THURSDAY AND A COLD FRONT PASSAGE FRIDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
684...685...686 AND 687...

* THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG 
  WARNING FOR AN UNSTABLE THERMAL TROUGH TODAY FOLLOWED BY 
  BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RH THURSDAY AND A COLD FRONT PASSAGE 
  WITH WINDY CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 
  AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON 
  OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 685 
  EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687).

* WINDS: LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN TONIGHT. ON THURSDAY SOUTHWEST
  10 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. ON FRIDAY WEST 15 TO 25
  MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY ON FRIDAY
  NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING: TODAY THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DRY AND UNSTABLE 
  CONDITIONS WITH TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS. ON THURSDAY BREEZY 
  CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE PEAK HEATING AFTERNOON 
  PERIOD. THURSDAY NIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH WITH 
  WINDS INCREASING AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY ALTHOUGH 
  TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER AND MINIMUM RH WILL BE HIGHER ON 
  FRIDAY.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 12 TO 20 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS AND 25 TO
  35 PERCENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED WET THUNDERSTORMS ARE 
  POSSIBLE WITH THE COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY ESPECIALLY NEAR THE 
  CANADIAN BORDER. THIS POTENTIAL IS LESS CERTAIN THAN THE WIND 
  FORECASTS.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WARM AND UNSTABLE 
  CONDITIONS CAN BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. 
  WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING 
  OF EXISTING FIRES.

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 EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

IDZ101-WAZ674-200730-
/O.EXT.KOTX.FW.W.0017.150820T1800Z-150822T0600Z/
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)-
EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)-
217 PM PDT WED AUG 19 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 11 PM
PDT FRIDAY FOR BREEZY WINDS AND LOW RH THURSDAY AND WINDY
CONDITIONS WITH A COLD FRONT PASSAGE ON FRIDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 674 AND 101....

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL 
  IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST 
  WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674).

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TIMING: BREEZY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON DURING THE PEAK HEATING AFTERNOON PERIOD. A COLD FRONT
  WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND PROMOTE WINDY AND
  GUSTY CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER
  AND MINIMUM RH WILL BE HIGHER.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 11 TO 20 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS AND 25 TO
  35 PERCENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE 
  HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING OF EXISTING FIRES.

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 EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

686 
WWUS86 KOTX 200601
RFWOTX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1101 PM PDT WED AUG 19 2015

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...

.BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT THROUGH THE CASCADE
GAPS AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY WITH CONTINUED WARM
CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. FINALLY ON THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION FEATURING
WINDY CONDITIONS OVER ALL DISTRICTS. NORTH WIND GUSTS UP TO 50
MPH COULD TOPPLE POWER LINES IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY...LEADING TO
NEW FIRE STARTS. THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY CONCERNING THESE 50
MPH WINDS. THIS FRIDAY COLD FRONT WILL ALSO INCLUDE A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.

WAZ673-676-677-680-682-201815-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150822T0600Z/
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)-
1101 PM PDT WED AUG 19 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR
UNSTABLE THERMAL TROUGH FOLLOWED BY WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 673...676...677...680 AND 682...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN 
  COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST 
  WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 
  677)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL 
  CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST 
  WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682).

* WINDS: WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING: BREEZY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN THROUGH THE
  CASCADE GAPS THIS EVENING...WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUE THURSDAY
  INTO FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND PASSES THROUGH THE
  AREA.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 12 TO 20 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS AND 25 TO
  35 PERCENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WARM AND UNSTABLE 
  CONDITIONS CAN BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. 
  WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING 
  OF EXISTING FIRES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

WAZ684>687-201815-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150822T0600Z/
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)-
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)-
1101 PM PDT WED AUG 19 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR
UNSTABLE THERMAL TROUGH FOLLOWED BY BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS
THURSDAY AND A COLD FRONT PASSAGE FRIDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
684...685...686 AND 687...

* THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
  WARNING FOR AN UNSTABLE THERMAL TROUGH FOLLOWED BY BREEZY
  CONDITIONS AND LOW RH THURSDAY...THEN A COLD FRONT PASSAGE WITH
  WINDY CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT
  FRIDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON 
  OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 685 
  EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687).

* WINDS: LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN TONIGHT. ON THURSDAY SOUTHWEST
  10 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. ON FRIDAY WEST 15 TO 25
  MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY ON FRIDAY NORTH
  WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. 

* TIMING: THURSDAY BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE PEAK
  HEATING AFTERNOON PERIOD. THURSDAY NIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP
  THROUGH WITH WINDS INCREASING AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY
  ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER AND MINIMUM RH WILL BE
  HIGHER ON FRIDAY.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 12 TO 20 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS AND 25 TO
  35 PERCENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED WET THUNDERSTORMS ARE 
  POSSIBLE WITH THE COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY ESPECIALLY NEAR THE 
  CANADIAN BORDER. THIS POTENTIAL IS LESS CERTAIN THAN THE WIND 
  FORECASTS.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WARM AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS
  CAN BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. WINDS AND LOW
  RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING OF EXISTING
  FIRES. 

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 EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

IDZ101-WAZ674-201815-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.150820T1800Z-150822T0600Z/
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)-
EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)-
1101 PM PDT WED AUG 19 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO
11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR BREEZY WINDS AND LOW RH THURSDAY AND WINDY
CONDITIONS WITH A COLD FRONT PASSAGE ON FRIDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 674 AND 101....

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL 
  IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST 
  WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674).

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TIMING: BREEZY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON DURING THE PEAK HEATING AFTERNOON PERIOD. A COLD FRONT
  WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND PROMOTE WINDY AND
  GUSTY CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER
  AND MINIMUM RH WILL BE HIGHER.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 11 TO 20 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS AND 25 TO
  35 PERCENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE 
  HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING OF EXISTING FIRES.

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 EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

198 
WWUS86 KOTX 201127
RFWOTX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
427 AM PDT THU AUG 20 2015

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...

.BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE CASCADE GAPS AND
SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH CONTINUED WARM CONDITIONS AND
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY A COLD FRONT WILL
SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION FEATURING WINDY CONDITIONS OVER ALL
DISTRICTS. NORTH WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH COULD TOPPLE POWER LINES
IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY...LEADING TO NEW FIRE STARTS. THERE IS
STILL UNCERTAINTY CONCERNING THESE 50 MPH WINDS. THIS FRIDAY COLD
FRONT WILL ALSO INCLUDE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.

WAZ673-676-677-680-682-202330-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150822T0600Z/
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)-
427 AM PDT THU AUG 20 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR
UNSTABLE THERMAL TROUGH FOLLOWED BY WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 673...676...677...680 AND 682...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN 
  COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST 
  WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 
  677)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL 
  CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST 
  WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682).

* WINDS: WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY INTO
  FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND PASSES THROUGH THE AREA.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 12 TO 20 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS AND 25 TO 
  35 PERCENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
  HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING OF EXISTING FIRES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

WAZ684>687-202330-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150822T0600Z/
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)-
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)-
427 AM PDT THU AUG 20 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR
BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS TODAY AND A COLD FRONT PASSAGE FRIDAY
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 684...685...686 AND 687...

* THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
  WARNING FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RH TODAY...THEN A COLD
  FRONT PASSAGE WITH WINDY CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY...WHICH IS IN
  EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON 
  OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 685 
  EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687).

* WINDS: TODAY SOUTHWEST 10 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. ON
  FRIDAY WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. IN THE OKANOGAN
  VALLEY ON FRIDAY NORTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING: TODAY BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE PEAK
  HEATING AFTERNOON PERIOD. TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP
  THROUGH WITH WINDS INCREASING AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY
  ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER AND MINIMUM RH WILL BE
  HIGHER ON FRIDAY.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 12 TO 20 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS AND 25 TO 
  35 PERCENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED WET THUNDERSTORMS ARE 
  POSSIBLE WITH THE COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY ESPECIALLY NEAR THE 
  CANADIAN BORDER. THIS POTENTIAL IS LESS CERTAIN THAN THE WIND 
  FORECASTS.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
  HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING OF EXISTING FIRES.

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 EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

IDZ101-WAZ674-202330-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.150820T1800Z-150822T0600Z/
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)-
EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)-
427 AM PDT THU AUG 20 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR BREEZY WINDS AND LOW RH THURSDAY AND WINDY
CONDITIONS WITH A COLD FRONT PASSAGE ON FRIDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 674 AND 101....

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL 
  IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST 
  WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674).

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TIMING: BREEZY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
  DURING THE PEAK HEATING AFTERNOON PERIOD. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
  THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT AND PROMOTE WINDY AND GUSTY
  CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER AND
  MINIMUM RH WILL BE HIGHER.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 11 TO 20 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS AND 25 TO 
  35 PERCENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE 
  HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING OF EXISTING FIRES.

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 EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

851 
WWUS86 KOTX 202233
RFWOTX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
333 PM PDT THU AUG 20 2015

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...

.BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING 
WITH CONTINUED WARM CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. A
THERMAL TROUGH OVER THE COLUMBIA BASIN WILL CREATE UNSTABLE
CONDITIONS ON ACTIVE FIRES THIS EVENING. TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY A
COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION FEATURING WINDY
CONDITIONS OVER ALL DISTRICTS. NORTH WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY FRIDAY WITH 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS
ELSEWHERE. THIS COLD FRONT WILL ALSO INCLUDE A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF IDAHO.

WAZ673-676-677-680-682-210745-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150822T0600Z/
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)-
333 PM PDT THU AUG 20 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RH THIS EVENING FOLLOWED BY A DRY COLD FRONT FRIDAY
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 673...676...677...680 AND 682...


* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN 
  COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST 
  WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 
  677)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL 
  CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST 
  WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682).

* WINDS: WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH
  FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 12 TO 20 PERCENT VALLEYS AND 25 TO 35
  PERCENT MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. 18 TO 25 PERCENT VALLEYS AND 30
  TO 40 PERCENT MOUNTAINS ON FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE 
  HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING OF EXISTING FIRES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

WAZ684>687-210745-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150822T0600Z/
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)-
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)-
333 PM PDT THU AUG 20 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RH THIS EVENING FOLLOWED BY A DRY COLD FRONT LATE
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 684...685...686 AND
687...

* THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG 
  WARNING FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RH TODAY...THEN A COLD 
  FRONT PASSAGE WITH WINDY CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY...WHICH IS IN 
  EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON 
  OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 685 
  EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687).

* WINDS: THIS EVENING WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
  ON FRIDAY WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. IN THE
  OKANOGAN VALLEY ON FRIDAY NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING: TODAY BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING.
  TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO
  THE NORTH AND INCREASING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY
  ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER AND MINIMUM RH WILL BE
  HIGHER ON FRIDAY.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 12 TO 20 PERCENT VALLEYS AND 25 TO 35
  PERCENT MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. 15 TO 25 PERCENT VALLEYS AND 30
  TO 40 PERCENT MOUNTAINS ON FRIDAY. POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES
  EXPECTED TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE 
  HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING OF EXISTING FIRES.

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 EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

IDZ101-WAZ674-210745-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150822T0600Z/
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)-
EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)-
333 PM PDT THU AUG 20 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR
WINDS AND LOW RH THIS EVENING AND WINDY COLD FRONT FRIDAY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 674 AND 101...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL 
  IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST 
  WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674).

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TIMING: BREEZY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING.
  A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT AND PROMOTE
  WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY ALTHOUGH
  TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER AND MINIMUM RH WILL BE HIGHER.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 15 TO 22 PERCENT VALLEYS AND 25 TO 40
  PERCENT MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. 20 TO 30 PERCENT VALLEYS AND 35
  TO 45 PERCENT MOUNTAINS. 

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE 
  HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING OF EXISTING FIRES.

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 EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

759 
WWUS86 KOTX 210549
RFWOTX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1049 PM PDT THU AUG 20 2015

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...

.THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE
REGION...FEATURING WINDY CONDITIONS OVER ALL DISTRICTS. WINDS
WILL REMAIN STRONGEST OVER THE CASCADES AND OKANOGAN VALLEY
THURSDAY NIGHT AND BEGIN TO INCREASE ELSEWHERE THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...BUT ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDDAY
FRIDAY. NORTH WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE OKANOGAN
VALLEY FRIDAY...WITH 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS ELSEWHERE. THIS COLD FRONT
WILL ALSO INCLUDE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF IDAHO.

WAZ673-676-677-680-682-211500-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150822T0600Z/
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)-
1049 PM PDT THU AUG 20 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 673...676...677...680 AND
682...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN 
  COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST 
  WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 
  677)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL 
  CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST 
  WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682).

* WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
  FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 18 TO 25 PERCENT VALLEYS AND 30 TO 40
  PERCENT MOUNTAINS.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE 
  HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING OF EXISTING FIRES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

WAZ684>687-211500-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150822T0600Z/
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)-
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)-
1049 PM PDT THU AUG 20 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 684...685...686 AND 687...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON 
  OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 685 
  EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687).

* WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. IN
  THE OKANOGAN VALLEY NORTHWEST TURNING NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH
  WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING: A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO
  THE NORTH AND INCREASING THURSDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH FRIDAY ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER AND MINIMUM
  RH WILL BE HIGHER ON FRIDAY.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES AT NIGHT. 15 TO
  25 PERCENT VALLEYS AND 30 TO 40 PERCENT MOUNTAINS ON FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE 
  HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING OF EXISTING FIRES.

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 EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

IDZ101-WAZ674-211500-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150822T0600Z/
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)-
EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)-
1049 PM PDT THU AUG 20 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR
WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 674 AND 101...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL 
  IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST 
  WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674).

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH...TURNING WEST AND NORTHWEST
  FRIDAY AFTERNOON EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TIMING: A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT AND
  PROMOTE WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY
  ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER AND MINIMUM RH WILL BE
  HIGHER.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 20 TO 30 PERCENT VALLEYS AND 35 TO 45
  PERCENT MOUNTAINS.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE 
  HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING OF EXISTING FIRES.

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 EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

892 
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
514 AM PDT FRI AUG 21 2015

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE TODAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION...FEATURING WINDY
CONDITIONS OVER ALL DISTRICTS. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING
WITH NORTH WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS ELSEWHERE.
THIS COLD FRONT WILL ALSO INCLUDE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 
MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF IDAHO.

WAZ673-676-677-680-682-212300-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150822T0600Z/
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)-
514 AM PDT FRI AUG 21 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER 
ZONES 673...676...677...680 AND 682...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN 
  COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST 
  WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 
  677)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL 
  CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST 
  WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682).

* WINDS: NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. 

* TIMING: WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS A
  COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 15 TO 20 PERCENT VALLEYS...25 TO 35
  PERCENT MOUNTAINS.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE 
  HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING OF EXISTING FIRES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

WAZ684>687-212300-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150822T0600Z/
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)-
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)-
514 AM PDT FRI AUG 21 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER 
ZONES 684...685...686 AND 687...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON 
  OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 685 
  EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687).

* WINDS: NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. LOCALLY
  GUSTS TO 50 MPH FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY.

* TIMING: A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO
  THE NORTH AND INCREASING TODAY. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 17 TO 22 PERCENT VALLEYS. 25 TO 35 PERCENT
  MOUNTAINS.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE 
  HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING OF EXISTING FIRES.

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 EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

IDZ101-WAZ674-212300-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150822T0600Z/
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)-
EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)-
514 AM PDT FRI AUG 21 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER 
ZONES 101 AND 674...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL 
  IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST 
  WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674).

* WINDS: WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING: A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY AND
  PROMOTE WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE
  COOLER AND MINIMUM RH WILL BE HIGHER.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 16 TO 22 PERCENT VALLEYS. 25 TO 37
  PERCENT MOUNTAINS.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE 
  HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING OF EXISTING FIRES.

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 EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

530 
WWUS86 KOTX 220004
RFWOTX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
504 PM PDT FRI AUG 21 2015

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE TODAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO DROP THROUGH THE REGION...FEATURING
BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS OVER ALL DISTRICTS. THIS COLD FRONT
WILL ALSO INCLUDE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF IDAHO. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH
THE EVENING AND HUMIDITY VALUES WILL START TO RISE. 

WAZ673-676-677-680-682-220600-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150822T0600Z/
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)-
504 PM PDT FRI AUG 21 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
673...676...677...680 AND 682...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN 
  COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST 
  WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 
  677)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL 
  CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST 
  WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682).

* WINDS: NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS A COLD
  FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA...SUBSIDING BETWEEN 8 PM AND 11 PM.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 15 TO 20 PERCENT VALLEYS...25 TO 35 
  PERCENT MOUNTAINS.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE 
  HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING OF EXISTING FIRES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

WAZ684>687-220600-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150822T0600Z/
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)-
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)-
504 PM PDT FRI AUG 21 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
684...685...686 AND 687...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON 
  OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 685 
  EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687).

* WINDS: NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. LOCALLY 
  GUSTS TO 50 MPH FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY.

* TIMING: A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO
  THE NORTH AND INCREASING TODAY...SUBSIDING BETWEEN 8 PM AND 11
  PM.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 17 TO 22 PERCENT VALLEYS. 25 TO 35 
  PERCENT MOUNTAINS.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE 
  HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING OF EXISTING FIRES.

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 EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

IDZ101-WAZ674-220600-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150822T0600Z/
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)-
EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)-
504 PM PDT FRI AUG 21 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
101 AND 674...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL 
  IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST 
  WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674).

* WINDS: WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING: A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY AND
  PROMOTE WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE
  COOLER AND MINIMUM RH WILL BE HIGHER. SPEEDS WILL START TO
  SUBSIDE BETWEEN 8 PM AND 11 PM.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 16 TO 22 PERCENT VALLEYS. 25 TO 37 
  PERCENT MOUNTAINS.

* IMPACTS: COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE 
  HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE RAPID SPREADING OF EXISTING FIRES.

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 EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

299 
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RFWOTX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1044 PM PDT FRI AUG 21 2015


WAZ673-676-677-680-682-220645-
/O.EXP.KOTX.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150822T0600Z/
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)-
1044 PM PDT FRI AUG 21 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 673...676...
677...680 AND 682...

WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUE ARE ON THE
RISE. THUS THE THREAT OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS IS WINDING DOWN. THE
RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

WAZ684>687-220645-
/O.EXP.KOTX.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150822T0600Z/
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)-
EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)-
1044 PM PDT FRI AUG 21 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 684...685...
686 AND 687...

WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUE ARE ON THE
RISE. THUS THE THREAT OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS IS WINDING DOWN. THE
RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

IDZ101-WAZ674-220645-
/O.EXP.KOTX.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150822T0600Z/
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)-
EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)-
1044 PM PDT FRI AUG 21 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 101 AND
674...

WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUE ARE ON THE
RISE. THUS THE THREAT OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS IS WINDING DOWN. THE
RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Spokane WA
240 PM PDT TUE AUG 18 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
Wednesday and Thursday will be warm and the Inland Northwest will
be plagued with smoke from area wildfires. A fast moving cold
front will produce windy conditions Thursday evening through
Friday. Winds will likely produce blowing dust and contribute to
increased wildfire growth. The cold front late in the week will
also bring a chance of thunderstorms to the Idaho Panhandle and
northeast Washington.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Tonight through Thursday...The forecast area exists under a dry
northwest flow aloft and this pattern will continue through
Thursday. For the sensible weather this argues for continued
clear skies although the stars and sun will indubitably be
filtered through ever-present smoke layers with large upstream
fires burning no matter which direction the wind is blowing.
temperatures will continue to rise and top out on Wednesday
generally 10 degrees or so above average.

Fire weather concerns will dominate the hazard environment with
dry and warm conditions under a strong surface thermal trough
migrating across the Cascades...a pattern which is known to
aggravate fire fighting efforts. Thus a Red Flag Warning for dry
and unstable conditions will be issued for much of the region with
the afternoon package.

By Thursday the thermal trough will continue to migrate eastward
and allow a little cooling...moderating to merely 5 degrees above
average or so...but the fire weather issue will become
increasingly breezy conditions across the basin and through the
Cascade Gaps. Thursday will be a dry, warm and breezy day in a
well mixed warm pre-frontal air mass. Red Flag Warnings will
expand on Thursday to include the entire forecast area for
increasingly breezy and gusty conditions as the next cold front
approaches. /Fugazzi

Thursday Night through Friday Night: Weather models are in good
agreement of an upper level trough and cold front moving through
the Inland Northwest Thursday night/Friday. Both the GFS and EC
have slowed down the timing of the front...just a little. But both
models showed this trend. The front looks to push through the
overnight hours Thursday night/early Friday morning. By late
Friday evening the trough exits the area with a ridge of high
pressure building onto the west coast.

*Winds: Winds will be the main concern with this frontal passage.
 The winds will increase starting Thursday evening due to the
 cross Cascade pressure gradient. West to southwest winds will
 spread from the Cascade gaps east into the Waterville
 Plateau...Columbia Basin...Palouse and Spokane areas. Widespread
 10 to 20 mph is expected with 15 to 25 mph possible closer to the
 Cascades. The winds will switch to a more northwesterly direction
 overnight across the north Cascades and the Okanogan Valley and
 Highlands. These winds will remain elevated through the overnight
 hours as the cold front pushes in from the northwest. Am a little
 concerned about the gust potential during the overnight hours
 across the Cascades, Okanogan Valley, Waterville Plateau and
 Wenatchee Valley area as the cold front pushes through. Have
 added some local wind gusts up to 35 mph. The problem is timing,
 this is actually a good time of day to move through because winds
 could be hindered just a bit. The winds will continue through
 Friday evening with winds beginning to subside through the
 overnight hours. Main concern on Friday will be across the
 Okanogan Valley as northerly winds get funneled down the Valley
 and into the Waterville Plateau and upper Columbia Basin.

*Blowing Dust: Kept mention of blowing dust in the forecast from
 the Waterville Plateau into the Columbia Basin and
 Palouse/Spokane areas. The sustained wind speeds may be a smidge
 under where we would be concerned, but the gust potential is
 there and so kept patchy blowing dust from Thursday evening
 through Friday evening.

*Thunderstorms: Yes there is a threat...mainly along the Cascades
 and across the northern WA mountains and north ID. The best area
 to see some measurable precipitation will be extreme north ID
 Friday afternoon/evening. Expanded thunder threat a bit further
 south for Friday morning as models are showing a decent cold pool
 of 500 mb temperatures moving into our northern zones. We do have
 a slight chance in for Spokane Friday afternoon, but confidence
 isn't high for Spokane. Higher confidence exists further to the
 north and east.

*Smoke: Yup it will continue. For now have added it to most areas
 below 3500 ft, but the smoke will get sloshed around with the
 winds. If we can get some rain in north ID or extreme NE WA we
 could temporarily improve our smokey skies for those locations.
 /Nisbet

Sat through Wed: Following transient short-wave upper ridging for
the weekend, the approach of an Ern Pacific trough diving south
down the west coast of Canada will help to amplify the steering
flow and potentially produce another very warm and dry episode.
We're still favoring a slower ejecting of this trough into the
region, much like the previous few similar troughs. The
operational GFS was faster with moving this trough across the Pac
Nw, but with the latest run compared to other models it, too, has
trended toward a less progressive solution. Granted, this is seven
days out, so we're following a simple pattern recognition
approach. That said, we don't have pcpn in the fcst for late Tues
or Wed, and added warmer temps to the fcst to above average once
again. We'll have to watch a plume of elevated conditionally
elevated lapse rates and moisture moving NE through Oregon and SE
Wa for Mon nt/Tues for a thunder threat. bz

&&

.AVIATION...
18Z TAFS: The smoke restricting vsbys remain the primary issue no
doubt, with MVFR restrictions likely for most TAFs sites... and
most towns for that matter for at least the next 24 hours. Expect
winds to be light and terrain/diurnally-driven. bz

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Spokane        60  89  61  85  57  72 /   0   0   0   0   0  20
Coeur d'Alene  52  88  55  85  56  71 /   0   0   0   0   0  30
Pullman        50  89  52  83  52  70 /   0   0   0   0   0  10
Lewiston       62  95  63  92  61  78 /   0   0   0   0   0  10
Colville       53  92  55  89  55  74 /   0   0   0   0  10  30
Sandpoint      47  86  49  84  52  71 /   0   0   0   0  10  50
Kellogg        51  86  54  84  52  69 /   0   0   0   0   0  40
Moses Lake     57  95  58  90  58  78 /   0   0   0   0   0   0
Wenatchee      69  96  69  89  64  80 /   0   0   0   0   0   0
Omak           60  96  60  92  59  77 /   0   0   0   0  10  10

&&

.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...Red Flag Warning from 11 AM Thursday to 5 PM PDT Friday for
     Northern and Central Idaho Panhandle (Zone 101).

WA...Red Flag Warning from 11 AM Wednesday to 5 PM PDT Friday for
     East Washington Central Cascade Mountains (Zone 682)-East
     Washington Central Cascade Valleys (Zone 677)-East
     Washington North Cascades (Zone 685)-East Washington
     Northeast (Zone 686)-East Washington Northern Columbia
     Basin (Zone 673)-East Washington Okanogan Highlands (Zone
     687)-East Washington Okanogan/Methow Valleys (Zone 684)-
     East Washington South Central Cascade Mountains (Zone 680)-
     East Washington South Central Cascade Valleys (Zone 676).

     Red Flag Warning from 11 AM Thursday to 5 PM PDT Friday for East
     Washington Palouse and Spokane Area (Zone 674).

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
418 AM PDT TUE AUG 18 2015

IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ031>036-038-041>044-191130-
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-
OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
418 AM PDT TUE AUG 18 2015

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

Areas of smoke across the region will keep air quality in the
unhealthy category through much of the week.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

Breezy gap winds will develop in the Cascades late Wednesday.
Then a vigorous cold front is expected to produce windy
conditions Thursday night into Friday. At this time, it looks like
sustained winds of 15 to 20 mph with gusts of 30 mph will be
possible along the East Slopes of the Cascades, the Okanogan
Valley, the Upper Columbia Basin, the Palouse and Spokane area
Thursday night into Friday.

IDZ001-004-WAZ037-191130-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-
418 AM PDT TUE AUG 18 2015

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North Idaho and
Northeast Washington.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

Areas of smoke across the region will keep air quality in the
unhealthy category through much of the week.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A vigorous cold front has the potential to produce widely
scattered thunderstorms and breezy winds on Friday. Confidence is
growing that breezy winds will accompany the passage of the cold
front Friday. Gusts of 25 mph or more will be possible over
mountain ridges and other areas prone to west winds. The track and
timing of the front, which is uncertain at this time, will
influence the potential for lightning.