NOAA Current Watches

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF THE PAYETTE AND BOISE NATIONAL FORESTS...AS WELL AS ACROSS THE BURNS AND VALE BLM ZONES... ...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MUCH Red Flag Warning 2022-09-07T13:36:00-07:00 2022-09-07T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Burns BLM; Vale BLM FIPS6 041025 041045 UGC ORZ636 ORZ637 VTEC /O.CON.KBOI.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-220908T0300Z/

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...Temperatures 95 to 103. * WHERE...Portions of southwest and west central Idaho and northeast and southeast Oregon. * WHEN...Until midnight MDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur. Heat Advisory 2022-09-07T13:09:00-07:00 2022-09-07T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Baker County; Harney County; Malheur County; Oregon Lower Treasure Valley FIPS6 041001 041025 041045 UGC ORZ061 ORZ062 ORZ063 ORZ064 VTEC /O.CON.KBOI.HT.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-220908T0600Z/

...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING WATERVILLE PLAEAU AND UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN... * WHAT...Visibility between one-quarter and one mile in blowing dust expected Waterville Plateau and Upper Columbia Basin. * WHERE...Ritzville, Coulee City, Odessa, Coulee Dam, Lamona, Electric City, Grand Coulee, Harrington, Wilbur, Mansfield, Blowing Dust Advisory 2022-09-07T12:00:00-07:00 2022-09-07T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely Upper Columbia Basin; Waterville Plateau FIPS6 053001 053017 053025 053043 UGC WAZ035 WAZ044 VTEC /O.NEW.KOTX.DU.Y.0003.220907T1900Z-220908T0300Z/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * Affected Area: Fire Weather Zone 696 East Washington Central Cascades (Zone 696), Fire Weather Zone 697 East Portion of North Cascades National Park/Lake Chelan National Recreation Area (Zone 697), Fire Weather Zone 698 East Washington North Red Flag Warning 2022-09-07T08:18:00-07:00 2022-09-07T22:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Central Washington Cascade Foothills; Colville Reservation; East Portion of North Cascades National Park, Lake Chelan National Recreation Area; East Washington Central Cascades; East Washington North Cascades; Eastern Columbia Basin, Palouse, Spokane Area; Foothills of Northeast Washington; Lower Palouse, Snake River; Methow Valley; Okanogan Highlands & Kettle Mountains; Selkirk Mountains of Northeast Washington; Western Columbia Basin FIPS6 053001 053003 053007 053013 053017 053019 053023 053025 053043 053047 053051 053063 053065 053075 UGC WAZ696 WAZ697 WAZ698 WAZ699 WAZ700 WAZ701 WAZ702 WAZ704 WAZ705 WAZ707 WAZ708 WAZ709 VTEC /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-220908T0500Z/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND OKANOGAN VALLEY... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND OKANOGAN VALLEY... Red Flag Warning 2022-09-07T08:18:00-07:00 2022-09-07T22:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Okanogan Valley; Waterville Plateau FIPS6 053017 053047 UGC WAZ703 WAZ706 VTEC /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-220908T0500Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0010.220908T1500Z-220909T0300Z/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND OKANOGAN VALLEY... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND OKANOGAN VALLEY... Red Flag Warning 2022-09-08T08:00:00-07:00 2022-09-08T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Okanogan Valley; Waterville Plateau FIPS6 053017 053047 UGC WAZ703 WAZ706 VTEC /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-220908T0500Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0010.220908T1500Z-220909T0300Z/

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF THE PAYETTE AND BOISE NATIONAL FORESTS...AS WELL AS ACROSS THE BURNS AND VALE BLM ZONES... ...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY MAY CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS Red Flag Warning 2022-09-07T11:00:00-07:00 2022-09-07T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Burns BLM; Vale BLM FIPS6 041025 041045 UGC ORZ636 ORZ637 VTEC /O.CON.KBOI.FW.W.0011.220907T1800Z-220908T0300Z/

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AGAIN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR642, OR643, OR644, OR645, WA692, AND WA693... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 642 Southern Blue and Red Flag Warning 2022-09-07T06:45:00-07:00 2022-09-07T22:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Blue Mountains of Washington; Southeast Washington Grande Ronde Valley FIPS6 053003 053013 053023 UGC WAZ692 WAZ693 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-220908T0500Z/

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AGAIN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610, OR639, OR641, WA690, AND WA691... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING Red Flag Warning 2022-09-07T11:00:00-07:00 2022-09-07T22:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Kittitas Valley; Lower Columbia Basin FIPS6 053005 053021 053037 053039 053071 053077 UGC WAZ690 WAZ691 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.220907T1800Z-220908T0500Z/ /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0005.220909T1800Z-220911T0500Z/

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AGAIN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610, OR639, OR641, WA690, AND WA691... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING Fire Weather Watch 2022-09-09T11:00:00-07:00 2022-09-10T22:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Future Moderate Possible Kittitas Valley; Lower Columbia Basin FIPS6 053005 053021 053037 053039 053071 053077 UGC WAZ690 WAZ691 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.220907T1800Z-220908T0500Z/ /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0005.220909T1800Z-220911T0500Z/

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...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 OR611 AND WA695... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 611 Deschutes National 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 FIPS6 053037 053077 UGC WAZ695 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0005.220909T1800Z-220911T0500Z/

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AGAIN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR UNSTABLE AND DRY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE OR640... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING Red Flag Warning 2022-09-07T06:45:00-07:00 2022-09-07T22:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Central Mountains of Oregon FIPS6 041013 041017 041031 041069 UGC ORZ640 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-220908T0500Z/ /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0005.220909T1800Z-220911T0500Z/

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AGAIN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR642, OR643, OR644, OR645, WA692, AND WA693... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 642 Southern Blue and Red Flag Warning 2022-09-07T06:45:00-07:00 2022-09-07T22:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Central Blue Mountains; Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon; Southern Blue and Strawberry Mountains; Wallowa District FIPS6 041023 041025 041049 041059 041061 041063 041069 UGC ORZ642 ORZ643 ORZ644 ORZ645 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-220908T0500Z/

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AGAIN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610, OR639, OR641, WA690, AND WA691... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING Red Flag Warning 2022-09-07T11:00:00-07:00 2022-09-07T22:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely East Slopes of Central Oregon Cascades; East Slopes of the Northern Oregon Cascades; Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon FIPS6 041017 041021 041027 041031 041049 041055 041059 041065 UGC ORZ610 ORZ639 ORZ641 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.220907T1800Z-220908T0500Z/ /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0005.220909T1800Z-220911T0500Z/

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AGAIN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610, OR639, OR641, WA690, AND WA691... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING Fire Weather Watch 2022-09-09T11:00:00-07:00 2022-09-10T22:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Future Moderate Possible East Slopes of Central Oregon Cascades; East Slopes of the Northern Oregon Cascades; Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon FIPS6 041017 041021 041027 041031 041049 041055 041059 041065 UGC ORZ610 ORZ639 ORZ641 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.220907T1800Z-220908T0500Z/ /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0005.220909T1800Z-220911T0500Z/

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...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 OR611 AND WA695... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 611 Deschutes National Fire Weather Watch 2022-09-09T11:00:00-07:00 2022-09-10T22:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Future Moderate Possible Deschutes National Forest - minus Sisters Ranger District FIPS6 041017 041035 UGC ORZ611 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0005.220909T1800Z-220911T0500Z/

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AGAIN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR UNSTABLE AND DRY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE OR640... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING 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 FIPS6 041013 041017 041031 041069 UGC ORZ640 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-220908T0500Z/ /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0005.220909T1800Z-220911T0500Z/

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THURSDAY... The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Quality Advisory that is in effect until 2 PM PDT Thursday 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 Thursday due to localized Air Quality Alert 2022-09-07T06:30:00-07:00 2022-09-08T07:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Deschutes; Wallowa FIPS6 041017 041063 UGC ORC017 ORC063 VTEC

...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH STRONG, GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RH FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA... .A trough will move through on Wednesday bringing additional gusty winds and dry humidities, especially over the East Side and in NE California. Isolated to perhaps scattered dry thunderstorms are possible Wednesday too along a line stretching from Siskiyou Red Flag Warning 2022-09-07T14:00:00-07:00 2022-09-07T21:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Southern Oregon Cascades FIPS6 041029 041035 UGC ORZ623 VTEC /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0026.220909T0800Z-220910T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0028.220907T2100Z-220908T0400Z/

...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH STRONG, GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RH FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA... .A trough will move through on Wednesday bringing additional gusty winds and dry humidities, especially over the East Side and in NE California. Isolated to perhaps scattered dry thunderstorms are possible Wednesday too along a line stretching from Siskiyou Red Flag Warning 2022-09-07T14:00:00-07:00 2022-09-07T21:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Klamath Basin and the Fremont-Winema National Forest; South Central Oregon Desert including the BLM Land in Eastern Lake and Western Harney Counties FIPS6 041035 041037 UGC ORZ624 ORZ625 VTEC /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0028.220907T2100Z-220908T0400Z/