Fire Weather Watch

Locations Affected

Kennewick, WA ∙ Pasco, WA ∙ Richland, WA ∙ Weston, OR ∙ Wapato, WA ∙ Basin City, WA ∙ Rock Creek, OR ∙ Roosevelt, WA ∙ Wallula, WA ∙ Lexington, OR

Headline

...DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS SUNDAY...
.A dry and strong cold front on Sunday will produce gusty winds and low relative humidity through the Lower Columbia Basin.

Full Alert Message

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pendleton OR 930 PM PDT Fri Jun 21 2024 ...DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS SUNDAY... .A dry and strong cold front on Sunday will produce gusty winds and low relative humidity through the Lower Columbia Basin. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR641 AND WA691... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 641 Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon and 691 Lower Columbia Basin. * WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 percent. * IMPACTS...Windy conditions combined with low RHs will result in rapid fire spread and extreme fire behavior. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.

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