NOAA Current Watches

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT SATURDAY... Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Quality Advisory...in effect until noon 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. Smoke levels can change rapidly Air Quality Alert 2021-09-08T09:44:00-07:00 2021-09-11T12:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Crook; Deschutes; Grant; Jefferson FIPS6 041013 041017 041023 041031 UGC ORC013 ORC017 ORC023 ORC031 VTEC

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT SATURDAY... Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Quality Advisory...in effect until noon 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. Smoke levels can change rapidly Air Quality Alert 2021-09-08T09:44:00-07:00 2021-09-11T12:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Umatilla; Union; Wallowa FIPS6 041059 041061 041063 UGC ORC059 ORC061 ORC063 VTEC

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT MONDAY... The Washington State Department of Ecology has issued an Air Quality Alert...in effect until noon PDT Monday. A Smoke Air Quality Alert has been issued. Wildfires burning in the region combined with forecasted conditions will cause air quality to reach unhealthy levels. Air Quality Alert 2021-09-09T11:52:00-07:00 2021-09-11T12:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Yakima FIPS6 053077 UGC WAC077 VTEC

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A strong Pacific front will bring scattered showers and thunderstorms to central and northeast Oregon beginning late this afternoon into this evening, then continuing through Friday night. This area has experienced a prolonged period of dry conditions, Red Flag Warning 2021-09-09T15:00:00-07:00 2021-09-10T00:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Central Blue Mountains; Central Mountains of Oregon; Deschutes National Forest - minus Sisters Ranger District; Southern Blue and Strawberry Mountains; Wallowa District FIPS6 041013 041017 041023 041025 041031 041035 041039 041049 041061 041063 041069 UGC ORZ611 ORZ640 ORZ642 ORZ644 ORZ645 VTEC /O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0013.210909T2200Z-210910T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.FW.W.0016.210909T2200Z-210910T0700Z/

...Scattered Thunderstorms on Dry Fuels Thursday Afternoon Into Friday Morning... .Southwest winds will be gusty and strong again east of the Cascades on Thursday afternoon as an area of low pressure moves towards the region. This low will bring a chance for showers and thunderstorms from the Cascades eastward from Thursday afternoon Red Flag Warning 2021-09-09T13:00:00-07:00 2021-09-10T09:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Southern Oregon Cascades; Umpqua National Forest FIPS6 041019 041029 041035 UGC ORZ617 ORZ623 VTEC /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0037.210910T1200Z-210910T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0049.210909T2000Z-210910T1600Z/

...Scattered Thunderstorms on Dry Fuels Thursday Afternoon Into Friday Morning... .Southwest winds will be gusty and strong again east of the Cascades on Thursday afternoon as an area of low pressure moves towards the region. This low will bring a chance for showers and thunderstorms from the Cascades eastward from Thursday afternoon Red Flag Warning 2021-09-09T13:00:00-07:00 2021-09-10T09:00:00-07:00 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.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0049.210909T2000Z-210910T1600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.A.0037.210910T1600Z-210911T0000Z/

...Scattered Thunderstorms on Dry Fuels Thursday Afternoon Into Friday Morning... .Southwest winds will be gusty and strong again east of the Cascades on Thursday afternoon as an area of low pressure moves towards the region. This low will bring a chance for showers and thunderstorms from the Cascades eastward from Thursday afternoon Fire Weather Watch 2021-09-10T09:00:00-07:00 2021-09-10T17:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Future Moderate Possible 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.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0049.210909T2000Z-210910T1600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.A.0037.210910T1600Z-210911T0000Z/

...Strong gusty winds expected today followed by strong gusty winds and thunderstorms possible Thursday and Friday... .Strong gusty winds and dry humidities are expected east of the Southern Oregon Cascades this afternoon and early this evening. An area of low pressure will move towards the region Thursday resulting in an additional period of strong, gusty winds for areas Fire Weather Watch 2021-09-09T13:00:00-07:00 2021-09-10T15:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Future Moderate Possible 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.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0048.000000T0000Z-210909T0200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0037.210909T2000Z-210910T2200Z/

...Strong gusty winds expected today followed by strong gusty winds and thunderstorms possible Thursday and Friday... .Strong gusty winds and dry humidities are expected east of the Southern Oregon Cascades this afternoon and early this evening. An area of low pressure will move towards the region Thursday resulting in an additional period of strong, gusty winds for areas Fire Weather Watch 2021-09-10T05:00:00-07:00 2021-09-10T15:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Future Moderate Possible Southern Oregon Cascades; Umpqua National Forest FIPS6 041019 041029 041035 UGC ORZ617 ORZ623 VTEC /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0037.210910T1200Z-210910T2200Z/

...Strong gusty winds expected today followed by strong gusty winds and thunderstorms possible Thursday and Friday... .Strong gusty winds and dry humidities are expected east of the Southern Oregon Cascades this afternoon and early this evening. An area of low pressure will move towards the region Thursday resulting in an additional period of strong, gusty winds for areas east of Red Flag Warning 2021-09-08T14:31:00-07:00 2021-09-08T19:00:00-07:00 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.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0037.210909T2000Z-210910T2200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0048.000000T0000Z-210909T0200Z/

...Strong gusty winds expected today followed by strong gusty winds and thunderstorms possible Thursday and Friday... .Strong gusty winds and dry humidities are expected east of the Southern Oregon Cascades this afternoon and early this evening. An area of low pressure will move towards the region Thursday resulting in an additional period of strong, gusty winds for areas east of Fire Weather Watch 2021-09-09T13:00:00-07:00 2021-09-10T15:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Future Moderate Possible 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.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0037.210909T2000Z-210910T2200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0048.000000T0000Z-210909T0200Z/

...Strong gusty winds expected today followed by strong gusty winds and thunderstorms possible Thursday and Friday... .Strong gusty winds and dry humidities are expected east of the Southern Oregon Cascades this afternoon and early this evening. An area of low pressure will move towards the region Thursday resulting in an additional period of strong, gusty winds for areas east of Fire Weather Watch 2021-09-10T05:00:00-07:00 2021-09-10T15:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Future Moderate Possible Southern Oregon Cascades; Umpqua National Forest FIPS6 041019 041029 041035 UGC ORZ617 ORZ623 VTEC /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0037.210910T1200Z-210910T2200Z/

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... .A strong Pacific front will bring scattered showers and thunderstorms to central and northeast Oregon late Thursday through Friday. This area has experienced a prolonged period of dry conditions, and the fuels remain very dry. Although storms may bring heavy downpours, especially on Friday, there is also a Fire Weather Watch 2021-09-09T15:00:00-07:00 2021-09-10T15:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Future Moderate Possible Central Blue Mountains; Central Mountains of Oregon; Deschutes National Forest - minus Sisters Ranger District; Southern Blue and Strawberry Mountains; Wallowa District FIPS6 041013 041017 041023 041025 041031 041035 041039 041049 041061 041063 041069 UGC ORZ611 ORZ640 ORZ642 ORZ644 ORZ645 VTEC /O.NEW.KPDT.FW.A.0013.210909T2200Z-210910T2200Z/

...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FROM THE OREGON DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FOR EASTERN OREGON... The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency issued an air quality advisory Tuesday for eastern Oregon due to smoke from fires in Oregon and Northern California. The following areas in eastern Oregon are under Advisory: Air Quality Alert 2021-09-08T09:44:00-07:00 2021-09-09T12:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Baker; Harney; Malheur FIPS6 041001 041025 041045 UGC ORC001 ORC025 ORC045 VTEC

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WIND WITH LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625... The National Weather Service in Medford has issued a Red Flag Warning...which is in effect from 2 PM this afternoon to 7 PM PDT this evening. Red Flag Warning 2021-09-08T14:00:00-07:00 2021-09-08T19:00:00-07:00 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.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0048.210908T2100Z-210909T0200Z/

...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FROM THE OREGON DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FOR EASTERN OREGON... The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency issued an air quality advisory Tuesday for eastern Oregon due to smoke from fires in Oregon and Northern California. The following areas in eastern Oregon are under Advisory: Air Quality Alert 2021-09-07T12:45:00-07:00 2021-09-08T12:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Baker; Harney; Malheur FIPS6 041001 041025 041045 UGC ORC001 ORC025 ORC045 VTEC

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE... Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Quality Advisory for Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake, and eastern Douglas counties, in effect until further notice. Wildfires burning in the region combined with forecast conditions will cause air quality levels to fluctuate and could be at unhealthy Air Quality Alert 2021-09-07T12:45:00-07:00 2021-09-09T17:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Douglas; Jackson; Josephine; Klamath; Lake FIPS6 041019 041029 041033 041035 041037 UGC ORC019 ORC029 ORC033 ORC035 ORC037 VTEC

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA AND THE NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN... The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued a Fire Weather Fire Weather Watch 2021-09-08T13:00:00-07:00 2021-09-08T19:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Future Moderate Possible Eastern Washington East Columbia Basin; Northern Columbia Basin FIPS6 053001 053017 053019 053025 053043 053063 053075 UGC WAZ673 WAZ674 VTEC /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.A.0010.210908T2000Z-210909T0200Z/

...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY... The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, and the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency have issued an Air Quality Advisory, which is in effect until 11 PM PDT Thursday. This is primarily for areas in the Cascades and locations near the Bull and Middle Fork Complexes. This includes areas near Oakridge and Air Quality Alert 2021-09-09T12:12:00-07:00 2021-09-09T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Clackamas FIPS6 041005 UGC ORC005 VTEC

...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY... The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, and the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency have issued an Air Quality Advisory, which is in effect until 11 PM PDT Thursday. This is primarily for areas in the Cascades and locations near the Bull and Middle Fork Complexes. This includes areas near Oakridge and Air Quality Alert 2021-09-07T10:34:00-07:00 2021-09-09T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Clackamas; Lane; Linn; Marion FIPS6 041005 041039 041043 041047 UGC ORC005 ORC039 ORC043 ORC047 VTEC