• Fire Weather Watch for Foothills of the Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon County, Oregon
  • Fire Weather Watch issued August 15 at 2:42PM PDT until August 17 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS
  • Effective: Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 9 p.m.
  • Expires: Friday, August 17, 2018 at 10 p.m.

  • ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS CENTRAL
    AND NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON...
    .A low pressure system traveling east across Oregon on Thursday
    will bring scattered thunderstorms to central Oregon Thursday
    afternoon then across eastern Oregon and southeast Washington
    Thursday night and Friday. Most storms will bring less than a
    tenth of an inch of rain.
    ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
    FRIDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR
    FIRE WEATHER ZONES 643, 643, 645, AND 645...
    The National Weather Service in Pendleton has issued a Fire
    Weather Watch, which is in effect from Thursday evening through
    Friday evening.
    * AFFECTED AREA...In Washington and Oregon...Fire weather zones
    643 and 645 covering the northern Blue Mountains...Wallowa
    County...and Asotin County.
    * TIMING...Isolated thunderstorms will develop late Thursday
    afternoon and evening then will become scattered Thursday night.
    Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will continue on Friday.
    * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY...2 Thursday afternoon and evening increasing
    to 3 Thursday night and Friday.
    * PRECIPITATION...Some storms may bring up to two tenths of
    rainfall.
    * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
    Outdoor burning is not recommended.