...HOT, DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS THURSDAY FOLLOWED BY GUSTY
WINDS FRIDAY...
.Hot and dry conditions will peak Thursday with widespread Haines
Index values of 6 (high) across the region as a ridge high
pressure aloft continues to build into the region. The ridge will
breakdown on Friday as a trough approaches the Pacific Northwest
with breezy to locally windy conditions across the Columbia
Basin.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR VERY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 610, 611, 639, 640, 642, 643, 644, 645, AND 681...
* AFFECTED AREA...In ORZ610...Fire weather zone 610. In ORZ611...
Fire weather zone 611. In ORZ639...Fire weather zone 639. In
ORZ640...Fire weather zone 640. In ORZ642...Fire weather zone
642. In ORZ643...Fire weather zone 643. In ORZ644...Fire weather
zone 644. In ORZ645...Fire weather zone 645. In WAZ639...Fire
weather zone 639. In WAZ643...Fire weather zone 643. In
WAZ645...Fire weather zone 645. In WAZ681...Fire weather zone
681.
* TIMING...Thursday morning through Thursday evening.
* HUMIDITY...8 to 18 percent.
* HAINES...6 (high)
* IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.