The Cameron Lake Road Fire, centered four miles south of Omak, was a lightning caused fire that burned 1,567 acres.
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The episode as NWS OTX wrote it up.
The Cameron Lake Road Fire, centered four miles south of Omak, was a lightning caused fire that burned 1,567 acres.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 22, 10:06 AM PST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1106 AM PDT TUE AUG 22 2006
.SYNOPSIS...
A SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR MASS WILL BRING RELIEF FROM HOT TEMPERATURES
TODAY. THE THREAT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL EXIST ACROSS
THE NORTHERN REACHES OF THE REGION...WITH WIDESPREAD BREEZY
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
A QUICK HIGHLIGHT CHANGE FOR THE RED FLAG WARNINGS DURING THE
REST OF THE DAY.
REST OF TODAY...SATELLITE INDICATES MAIN BAROCLINIC REGION FROM LAST
NIGHTS TROUGH PASSAGE IS EXITING INTO CANADA. IN ITS WAKE A COOLER
AIR MASS IS INFILTRATING THE REGION. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY ABOUT
5 TO 7 DEGREES COOLER IN GENERAL. THE ADVECTION OF THIS COOLER AIR
WILL CREATE GENERALLY BREEZY AFTERNOON CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
REGION. THREAT OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES
MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN ZONES WITH COOLER AIR ALOFT DECREASING
STABILITY OVER THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE.
WHETHER ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL POP OVER THE NORTHERN BASIN ZONES
IS THE MAIN FORECAST UNCERTAINTY...WHERE A COUPLE DEGREES OF
ERROR IN HIGH TEMPERATURE FORECASTS COULD MEAN DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN ACHIEVING CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE OR NOT. WILL MAINTAIN A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ON THE CASCADES AND
NORTHEAST BASIN AND CENTRAL PANHANDLE TO COVER THIS UNCERTAINTY.
UPDATE TO ZONE FORECAST IMMINENT. NO UPDATE TO STATE FORECAST.
/FUGAZZI
&&
.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 18Z
WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORM THREAT MAINLY CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAINS
NORTH OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN FROM 20Z TO 03Z TODAY. LAYERS OF
SMOKE ALOFT WILL PERSIST OVER THE NORTHERN ROUTES DURING THE ENTIRE
PERIOD. /MJF
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 88 55 83 54 81 54 / 20 10 10 0 0 0
COEUR DALENE 88 51 82 49 79 50 / 20 20 10 10 10 0
PULLMAN 85 50 82 47 80 47 / 10 10 0 0 0 0
LEWISTON 94 59 89 58 87 57 / 10 10 0 0 0 0
COLVILLE 89 49 84 47 82 46 / 40 20 10 0 0 0
SANDPOINT 88 49 82 48 80 47 / 30 20 10 0 10 0
KELLOGG 88 53 82 49 80 49 / 20 20 10 10 10 0
MOSES LAKE 92 54 87 54 85 55 / 10 0 0 0 0 0
WENATCHEE 90 60 86 59 85 60 / 10 0 0 0 0 0
OMAK 93 56 86 55 85 55 / 10 10 0 0 0 0
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM TUESDAY FOR NORTHERN PANHANDLE.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM TUESDAY FOR IDAHO PALOUSE...CENTRAL
PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...LEWISTON AREA...LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ
PERCE COUNTIES.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM TUESDAY FOR COEUR DALENE AREA.
WA...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM TUESDAY FOR NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS...
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES...NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS...
OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...OKANOGAN VALLEY.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM TUESDAY FOR WASHINGTON PALOUSE...MOSES
LAKE AREA...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...SPOKANE AREA.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1043 AM PDT TUE AUG 22 2006
IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>033-035>038-231745-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA-
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-
OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...
PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...MOSCOW...
ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...
LEWISTON...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...
PEOLA...CLARKSTON...PULLMAN...RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA...
ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...
COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...
REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM
1043 AM PDT TUE AUG 22 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH
IDAHO...NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH
CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST
WASHINGTON.
THE FOLLOWING WATCHES WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
IDAHO PALOUSE...CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...LEWISTON
AREA...LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES
RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE...COEUR D ALENE AREA...NORTHEAST BLUE
MOUNTAINS...LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES...WASHINGTON
PALOUSE...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...SPOKANE AREA...NORTHEAST
MOUNTAINS...OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS
PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
SEARFWOTX /WWUS86 KOTX/
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. SEE THE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST
AND THE SEARFWOTX PRODUCT FOR MORE INFORMATION. A COMBINATION OF
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTH AND WIND AND LOW HUMIDITIES
WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED FIRE THREAT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
WAZ034-041>044-231745-
MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...
QUINCY...WENATCHEE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...
OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...WATERVILLE...
MANSFIELD
1043 AM PDT TUE AUG 22 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTH CENTRAL
WASHINGTON.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Washington in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, August 2006
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