The Logging Unit Fires includes the Skyline Fire, Haily Butte Fire, North Pinhead Fire, Logging Unit Fire, Camas Prairie Fire, and Bear Butte 2 Fire. They began on or around July 16, 2014 due to lightning.
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The episode as NWS PDT wrote it up.
The Logging Unit Fires includes the Skyline Fire, Haily Butte Fire, North Pinhead Fire, Logging Unit Fire, Camas Prairie Fire, and Bear Butte 2 Fire. They began on or around July 16, 2014 due to lightning. At this time they total 10,447 acres. This fire will continue into August.
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 Jul 16, 1:00 PM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
200 PM PDT WED JUL 16 2014
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE
REGION WILL BE FLATTENING OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS WILL ALLOW A
DRY COLD FRONT TO PASS OVER THE REGION ON THURSDAY WITH THE MAIN
IMPACT BEING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS.
THURSDAYS MAX TEMPERATURES WILL BE 5 TO 10 DEGREES COOLER AS MARINE
AIR PUSHES INLAND. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP ROUGHLY ANOTHER 5 DEGREES
ON FRIDAY AND YET ANOTHER 5 ON SATURDAY WHICH WILL BRING MAX
TEMPERATURES BACK TO AROUND NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THIS WILL
ALL BE IN RESPONSE TO THE FLAT WESTERLY FLOW BEGINNING TO DIP
SOUTHWARD AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PUSHES INTO THE REGION ON
SATURDAY CULMINATING IN ANOTHER FRONTAL PASSAGE. THIS FRONT
WILL HAVE A LITTLE MORE MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH IT SO COULD SEE
SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION OVER THE WASHINGTON CASCADES BUT LOOKS TO
REMAIN DRY FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA.
.LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...A SERIES OF
SHORTWAVE TROUGHS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY. MOISTURE WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED DUE TO WESTERLY FLOW.
INSTABILITY WILL ALSO BE LACKING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THUS FOR
SUNDAY EXPECT JUST A FEW MOUNTAIN SHOWERS. ON MONDAY THERE MAY BE
ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS.
FOR TUESDAY A STRONGER TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH A
CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCE FOR MOUNTAIN THUNDERSTORMS. AT THE MOMENT IT
DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG...BUT THERE COULD BE
A CONCERN FOR FIRE WEATHER WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL AND AVERAGE BELOW NORMAL WITH DAYTIME
HIGHS IN THE 80S LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 70S IN THE MOUNTAINS. IT WILL
BE A BIT BREEZY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...00Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO
20 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT. AFTER 18Z THURSDAY
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT ARE
EXPECTED. 78
&&
.FIRE WX...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY
THOUGH A COOLING TREND WILL START TO EASE THE HEAT TOMORROW. A WEAK
DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY AND WILL INCREASE WINDS
THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 TO 20 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THIS WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY A DRY COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY THAT WILL INCREASE WINDS TO
15 TO 25 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THOUGH TEMPERATURES
WILL BE DOWN 3-5 DEGREES FROM TODAY, THE AIR COMING IN WITH THE
FRONT WILL BE DRIER AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN AROUND 10 TO
15 PERCENT ON THURSDAY. PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON
FRIDAY AND WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED FOR FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL A FEW MORE DEGREES ON FRIDAY BUT
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE ONLY SLIGHTLY INCREASED. DUE TO THE WIND
COMBINED WITH THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...A RED FLAG WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WEEKEND TEMPERATURES WILL COOL FURTHER AND
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RISE AND REDUCE THE FIRE DANGER EVEN THOUGH
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY. PERRY
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
PDT 66 96 61 91 / 0 0 0 0
ALW 72 96 67 91 / 0 0 0 0
PSC 69 100 64 94 / 0 0 0 0
YKM 66 94 63 90 / 0 0 0 0
HRI 67 97 62 94 / 0 0 0 0
ELN 65 89 65 86 / 0 0 0 0
RDM 55 92 49 87 / 0 0 0 0
LGD 60 91 56 86 / 0 0 0 0
GCD 62 94 58 88 / 0 0 0 0
DLS 67 89 63 87 / 0 0 0 0
&&
.PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY ORZ041-044-503-505>511.
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING ORZ041-044-507.
WA...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY WAZ024-026>029-520-521.
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING WAZ024-026>029.
&&
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91/78/78The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
InciWeb information.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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