Fire Weather Watch for Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon; Kittitas Valley; Lower Columbia Basin
Impacts: Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Official alert brief
...Critical Fire Weather expected Thursday... .Low Relative Humidity and Windy conditions will create critical fire weather conditions across the Yakima/Kittitas Valley and the Columbia Basin of OR and WA. The National Weather Service in Pendleton has issued a Fire Weather Watch for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from Thursday afternoon through Thursday evening.
AFFECTED AREA
Fire Weather Zones 690 Kittitas Valley, 691 Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon and 691 Lower Columbia Basin of Washington.
TIMING
From Thursday afternoon through Thursday evening.
WINDS
West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
As low as 12 percent.
IMPACTS
Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Instructions
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.