NOAA Current Watches

...BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE WA694... The National Weather Service in Pendleton has issued a Red Flag Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect Red Flag Warning 2022-09-09T12:00:00-07:00 2022-09-10T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Yakama Alpine District FIPS6 053039 053077 UGC WAZ694 VTEC /O.NEW.KPDT.FW.W.0010.220909T1900Z-220911T0600Z/

...BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610, OR611, OR639, OR640, OR641, WA690, WA691, AND WA695... The National Weather Service in Pendleton has issued a Red Flag Red Flag Warning 2022-09-09T12:00:00-07:00 2022-09-10T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Central Mountains of Oregon; Deschutes National Forest - minus Sisters Ranger District; East Slopes of Central Oregon Cascades; East Slopes of the Northern Oregon Cascades; Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon FIPS6 041013 041017 041021 041027 041031 041035 041049 041055 041059 041065 041069 UGC ORZ610 ORZ611 ORZ639 ORZ640 ORZ641 VTEC /O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0005.220909T1800Z-220911T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.FW.W.0010.220909T1900Z-220911T0600Z/

.Gusty winds combined with low humidities will bring critical conditions to portions of fire zones 618, 619, 620 and 280 into Friday evening. These same areas will also experience gusty winds and poor overnight recoveries, especially near and at the ridges tonight. A Haines 6 over the Rum Creek fire will also result in Red Flag conditions Friday. Low humidities and gusty east winds Red Flag Warning 2022-09-08T13:15:00-07:00 2022-09-09T21:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Southern Oregon Coast FIPS6 041015 UGC ORZ618 VTEC /O.EXB.KMFR.FW.W.0030.220908T2015Z-220910T0400Z/

.Gusty winds combined with low humidities will bring critical conditions to portions of fire zones 618, 619, 620 and 280 into Friday evening. These same areas will also experience gusty winds and poor overnight recoveries, especially near and at the ridges tonight. A Haines 6 over the Rum Creek fire will also result in Red Flag conditions Friday. Low humidities and gusty east winds Red Flag Warning 2022-09-08T13:15:00-07:00 2022-09-09T21:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Western Siskiyou National Forest FIPS6 041015 UGC ORZ619 VTEC /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0027.220909T0700Z-220909T1700Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.FW.W.0030.220908T2015Z-220910T0400Z/

.Gusty winds combined with low humidities will bring critical conditions to portions of fire zones 618, 619, 620 and 280 into Friday evening. These same areas will also experience gusty winds and poor overnight recoveries, especially near and at the ridges tonight. A Haines 6 over the Rum Creek fire will also result in Red Flag conditions Friday. Low humidities and gusty east winds Red Flag Warning 2022-09-08T13:15:00-07:00 2022-09-09T21:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Western Rogue Basin including the Illinois Valley FIPS6 041033 UGC ORZ620 VTEC /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-220909T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0030.220908T2015Z-220910T0400Z/

.Gusty winds combined with low humidities will bring critical conditions to portions of fire zones 618, 619, 620 and 280 into Friday evening. These same areas will also experience gusty winds and poor overnight recoveries, especially near and at the ridges tonight. A Haines 6 over the Rum Creek fire will also result in Red Flag conditions Friday. Low humidities and gusty east winds Red Flag Warning 2022-09-09T00:00:00-07:00 2022-09-10T10:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Eastern Rogue Valley; Siskiyou Mountains; Southern Oregon Cascades; Umpqua Basin; Umpqua National Forest FIPS6 041011 041019 041029 041033 041035 UGC ORZ616 ORZ617 ORZ621 ORZ622 ORZ623 VTEC /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0030.220909T0700Z-220910T1700Z/

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM FRIDAY TO 11 AM PDT MONDAY... The Washington State Department of Ecology has issued an Air Quality Alert for Columbia and Walla Walla counties due to expected smoke from Oregon and Idaho fires...in effect from 8 PM Friday to 11 AM PDT Monday. Air Quality Alert 2022-09-08T14:17:00-07:00 2022-09-09T14:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Columbia; Walla Walla FIPS6 053013 053071 UGC WAC013 WAC071 VTEC

...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT SATURDAY... Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Quality Advisory...in effect until 2 PM PDT Saturday. A Smoke Air Quality Advisory has been issued. Wildfires burning in the region combined with forecasted conditions will cause air quality to reach unhealthy levels. Air Quality Alert 2022-09-08T11:09:00-07:00 2022-09-09T14:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Deschutes; Umatilla; Union; Wallowa FIPS6 041017 041059 041061 041063 UGC ORC017 ORC059 ORC061 ORC063 VTEC

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Quality Advisory for Lake, Klamath, Josephine, Douglas, Jackson, Coos and Curry counties...in effect until 5 PM PDT Saturday. Wildfires burning in the region combined with forecast conditions will cause air quality levels to fluctuate and could be at unhealthy Air Quality Alert 2022-09-08T11:09:00-07:00 2022-09-09T17:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Coos; Curry; Douglas; Jackson; Josephine; Klamath; Lake FIPS6 041011 041015 041019 041029 041033 041035 041037 UGC ORC011 ORC015 ORC019 ORC029 ORC033 ORC035 ORC037 VTEC

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT SATURDAY NIGHT FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 649, 650, 651, 654, 655, 656, AND 657... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 649 North and Central Coastal Strip, Fire Weather Zone 650 North Coastal Lowlands, Fire Weather Zone 651 Central Coastal Lowlands, Fire Weather Red Flag Warning 2022-09-09T12:00:00-07:00 2022-09-11T00:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Black Hills and Southwest Interior Lowlands; Central Coastal Lowlands; Central and South Puget Sound Lowlands; North Coastal Lowlands; North and Central Coastal Strip; Northeast Puget Sound Lowlands Generally Below 1500 Feet; Southeast Puget Sound Lowlands Generally Below 1500 Feet FIPS6 053009 053027 053031 053033 053035 053041 053045 053053 053057 053061 053067 053073 UGC WAZ649 WAZ650 WAZ651 WAZ654 WAZ655 WAZ656 WAZ657 VTEC /O.CON.KSEW.FW.W.0005.220909T1900Z-220911T0700Z/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT SATURDAY NIGHT FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 652 AND 661... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 652 West Portion of the Olympic Mountains and Fire Weather Zone 661 East Portion of the Olympic Mountains. Red Flag Warning 2022-09-09T12:00:00-07:00 2022-09-11T00:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely East Portion of the Olympic Mountains; West Portion of the Olympic Mountains FIPS6 053009 053031 053045 UGC WAZ652 WAZ661 VTEC /O.CON.KSEW.FW.W.0005.220909T1900Z-220911T0700Z/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 7 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 658 AND 659... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 658 West Slopes of the North Cascades Generally above 1500 Feet and Fire Weather Zone 659 West Slopes of the Central Cascades Generally above 1500 Feet. Red Flag Warning 2022-09-09T12:00:00-07:00 2022-09-11T19:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely West Slopes of the Central Cascades Generally above 1500 Feet; West Slopes of the North Cascades Generally above 1500 Feet FIPS6 053033 053041 053053 053057 053061 053073 UGC WAZ658 WAZ659 VTEC /O.CON.KSEW.FW.W.0005.220909T1900Z-220912T0200Z/

.The Red Flag Warning for the Okanogan Valley and Waterville Plateau for Thursday has been extended into Friday in anticipation of continued dry north winds. ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU.... Red Flag Warning 2022-09-08T08:00:00-07:00 2022-09-09T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Okanogan Valley; Waterville Plateau FIPS6 053017 053047 UGC WAZ703 WAZ706 VTEC /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0010.220908T1500Z-220910T0300Z/

...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AGAIN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610, OR611, OR639, OR640, OR641, WA690, WA691, AND WA695... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 610 East Slopes of Central Fire Weather Watch 2022-09-09T11:00:00-07:00 2022-09-10T22:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Future Moderate Possible East Washington South Central Cascade Mountains; Kittitas Valley; Lower Columbia Basin FIPS6 053005 053021 053037 053039 053071 053077 UGC WAZ690 WAZ691 WAZ695 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0005.220909T1800Z-220911T0500Z/

...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AGAIN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610, OR611, OR639, OR640, OR641, WA690, WA691, AND WA695... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 610 East Slopes of Central Fire Weather Watch 2022-09-09T11:00:00-07:00 2022-09-10T22:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Future Moderate Possible Central Mountains of Oregon; Deschutes National Forest - minus Sisters Ranger District; East Slopes of Central Oregon Cascades; East Slopes of the Northern Oregon Cascades; Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon FIPS6 041013 041017 041021 041027 041031 041035 041049 041055 041059 041065 041069 UGC ORZ610 ORZ611 ORZ639 ORZ640 ORZ641 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0005.220909T1800Z-220911T0500Z/

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Quality Advisory that is in effect until 2 PM PDT this afternoon for Deschutes and Wallowa counties, due to smoke from multiple fires. DEQ expects intermittent moderate to unhealthy smoke in Central and Northeastern Oregon through at least today due to localized impacts Air Quality Alert 2022-09-08T04:52:00-07:00 2022-09-08T14:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Deschutes; Wallowa FIPS6 041017 041063 UGC ORC017 ORC063 VTEC

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM FRIDAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Increased risk for heat illness expected. High Temperatures as high as 104 degrees with lows in the mid 60s. * WHERE...Most of Central Douglas County, including the Umpqua Valley. This includes the cities and communities of Roseburg, Heat Advisory 2022-09-09T11:00:00-07:00 2022-09-10T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Central Douglas County FIPS6 041011 041019 UGC ORZ023 VTEC /O.EXA.KMFR.HT.Y.0006.220909T1800Z-220911T0600Z/

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM FRIDAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Increased risk for heat illness expected. High Temperatures as high as 107 degrees with lows in the mid 60s. * WHERE...In California: West and Central Siskiyou County. This includes the Shasta, Valley, Mt. Shasta City Area, Scott Heat Advisory 2022-09-09T11:00:00-07:00 2022-09-10T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Eastern Curry County and Josephine County; Jackson County FIPS6 041015 041029 041033 UGC ORZ024 ORZ026 VTEC /O.CON.KMFR.HT.Y.0006.220909T1800Z-220911T0600Z/

.Gusty winds combined with low humidities will bring critical conditions to the Illinois Valley and lower Klamath Valley Thursday. Low humidities and gusty east winds will also occur over and near the Cascades and Coast Ranges Thursday night through Friday night. A Haines of 6 over the Rum Creek fire will create Red Flag conditions there Friday. Red Flag Warning 2022-09-08T11:00:00-07:00 2022-09-08T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Western Rogue Basin including the Illinois Valley FIPS6 041033 UGC ORZ620 VTEC /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0029.220908T1800Z-220909T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0030.220909T1500Z-220910T0400Z/

.Gusty winds combined with low humidities will bring critical conditions to the Illinois Valley and lower Klamath Valley Thursday. Low humidities and gusty east winds will also occur over and near the Cascades and Coast Ranges Thursday night through Friday night. A Haines of 6 over the Rum Creek fire will create Red Flag conditions there Friday. Fire Weather Watch 2022-09-09T00:00:00-07:00 2022-09-09T10:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Future Moderate Possible Western Siskiyou National Forest FIPS6 041015 UGC ORZ619 VTEC /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0027.220909T0700Z-220909T1700Z/