This human caused fire burned 730 acres northwest of Richland.
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This human caused fire burned 730 acres northwest of Richland.
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 Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 13, 1:16 AM PST, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 216 AM PDT WED JUN 13 2007 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL PASS NORTH OF THE AREA TODAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS POSSIBLE FOR THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN FEATURE WILL BE AN INCREASE OF WINDS ACROSS THE REGION. WINDS...PARTICULARLY IN THE GORGE...COLUMBIA BASIN AND FOOTHILLS WILL BE BREEZY TO WINDY BY THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. THE KITTITAS VALLEY WILL SEE WINDS NEARING ADVISORY LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS AREA WILL NEED TO BE FURTHER MONITORED AS THE DAY PROGRESSES IN CASE A WIND ADVISORY IS NEEDED. WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE PATCHY BLOWING DUST IN THE BASIN AND FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON. THURSDAY WILL SEE THE AREA BETWEEN SYSTEMS WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND TEMPERATURES NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL START TO IMPACT THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THURSDAY NIGHT WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION NEAR THE WASHINGTON CASCADES. DK .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...UPPER LOW APPROACHING VANCOUVER ISLAND ON FRIDAY. THIS LOW WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN BC AND THE PAC NW OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL PROVIDE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SOME SHOWERS AT TIMES. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS AT TIMES. UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN MON-TUE WITH CLEARING SKIES AND A WARMING TREND. THERMAL TROUGH BUILDS INTO THE AREA BY TUE WITH HIGH TEMPS GETTING BACK INTO THE UPPER 80S. 94 && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WITH CEILINGS MAINLY 100-200 THIS MORNING. SOME LOWER CEILINGS AT 050-080 POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVENING ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS AS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSES BY TO THE NORTH. SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE CASCADES AND BLUES. WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TODAY ALL AREAS. EXPECT WESTERLY WINDS 10-20KT WITH SOME LOCATIONS GUSTING TO 30KT AFTERNOON/EVENING. 94 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... PDT 77 48 75 51 / 10 10 10 10 ALW 78 51 78 53 / 10 10 10 10 PSC 81 48 79 52 / 10 0 0 10 YKM 76 45 76 51 / 10 10 0 10 HRI 80 48 80 50 / 10 0 10 10 ELN 75 46 74 49 / 10 10 10 10 RDM 78 38 77 43 / 10 10 10 10 LGD 76 46 74 45 / 10 10 0 10 GCD 77 40 78 45 / 10 10 0 10 DLS 76 52 77 53 / 10 10 10 10 && .PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...NONE. WA...NONE. && TI:GGG FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON 84/94/94
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 700 AM PDT WED JUN 13 2007 ORZ041-WAZ024-501-502-026>030-ORZ042>044-049-050-501>506-141115- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON- EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL CASCADES OF WASHINGTON- EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON- KITTITAS VALLEY-YAKIMA VALLEY-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS-NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-CENTRAL OREGON- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-WALLOWA COUNTY- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- NORTHERN WHEELER AND SOUTHERN GILLIAM COUNTIES-JOHN DAY BASIN- OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS- 700 AM PDT WED JUN 13 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION...PARTICULARLY IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN...FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS...THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...AND THE KITTITAS VALLEY. BLOWING DUST IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE BASIN AND FOOTHILLS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A SERIES OF WEATHER DISTURBANCES ASSOCIATED WITH A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL BREEZY CONDITIONS TO THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD INTO THE REGION MONDAY...WITH WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. GRAPHICAL FORECASTS OF WEATHER HAZARDS OUT TO SEVEN DAYS ARE DISPLAYED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT: WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PENDLETON/CURRENTHAZARDS/HWO.HTML ALL LETTERS IN THE ABOVE URL ARE LOWER CASE...EXCEPT THE H IN CURRENTHAZARDS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
This wildfire was 8 miles northwest of Richland.
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