NOAA Current Watches

...DANGEROUS HEAT EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK... A strong high pressure system will build over the Pacific Northwest through the weekend and into next week. Sinking air under the high pressure will result in very hot temperatures and the potential for record highs from Saturday into next week for Excessive Heat Warning 2021-06-25T14:00:00-07:00 2021-07-01T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon FIPS6 041049 041059 UGC ORZ044 VTEC /O.UPG.KPDT.EH.A.0001.210625T2100Z-210701T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.EH.W.0001.210625T2100Z-210702T0300Z/

...DANGEROUS HEAT EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK... A strong high pressure system will build over the Pacific Northwest through the weekend and into next week. Sinking air under the high pressure will result in very hot temperatures and the potential for record highs from Saturday into next week for Excessive Heat Warning 2021-06-25T14:00:00-07:00 2021-07-01T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely Grande Ronde Valley; John Day Basin FIPS6 041023 041061 041069 UGC ORZ049 ORZ505 VTEC /O.UPG.KPDT.EH.A.0001.210625T2100Z-210701T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.EH.W.0001.210625T2100Z-210702T0300Z/

...DANGEROUS HEAT EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK... A strong high pressure system will build over the Pacific Northwest through the weekend and into next week. Sinking air under the high pressure will result in very hot temperatures and the potential for record highs from Saturday into next week for Excessive Heat Warning 2021-06-25T14:00:00-07:00 2021-07-01T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely East Slopes of the Oregon Cascades; Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon; Ochoco-John Day Highlands; Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon; Wallowa County FIPS6 041013 041017 041023 041031 041049 041059 041061 041063 041069 UGC ORZ050 ORZ502 ORZ503 ORZ506 ORZ509 VTEC /O.UPG.KPDT.EH.A.0001.210625T2100Z-210701T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.EH.W.0001.210625T2100Z-210702T0300Z/

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions will develop in central Washington on Friday and build into eastern Washington and north Idaho over the weekend. * WHERE...Wenatchee, Leavenworth, Winthrop, Omak, Grand Coulee, Excessive Heat Watch 2021-06-25T14:00:00-07:00 2021-06-30T19:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Future Moderate Possible East Slopes Northern Cascades; Lower Garfield and Asotin Counties; Moses Lake Area; Northeast Blue Mountains; Northeast Mountains; Okanogan Highlands; Okanogan Valley; Spokane Area; Upper Columbia Basin; Washington Palouse; Waterville Plateau; Wenatchee Area FIPS6 053001 053003 053007 053017 053019 053023 053025 053043 053047 053051 053063 053065 053075 UGC WAZ031 WAZ032 WAZ033 WAZ034 WAZ035 WAZ036 WAZ037 WAZ038 WAZ041 WAZ042 WAZ043 WAZ044 VTEC /O.CON.KOTX.EH.A.0001.210625T2100Z-210701T0200Z/

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with afternoon highs in the 90s and near 100 possible Saturday through Monday. * WHERE...Much of Western Washington. * WHEN...From Friday afternoon through Monday evening. Excessive Heat Watch 2021-06-25T14:00:00-07:00 2021-06-28T21:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Future Moderate Possible Bellevue and Vicinity; Bremerton and Vicinity; East Puget Sound Lowlands; Everett and Vicinity; Hood Canal Area; Lower Chehalis Valley Area; Seattle and Vicinity; Southwest Interior; Tacoma Area; West Slopes North Cascades and Passes; West Slopes North Central Cascades and Passes; West Slopes South Central Cascades and Passes; Western Skagit County; Western Whatcom County FIPS6 053027 053031 053033 053035 053041 053045 053053 053057 053061 053067 053073 UGC WAZ503 WAZ504 WAZ506 WAZ507 WAZ509 WAZ511 WAZ512 WAZ555 WAZ556 WAZ558 WAZ559 WAZ567 WAZ568 WAZ569 VTEC /O.CON.KSEW.EH.A.0001.210625T2100Z-210629T0400Z/

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Dangerously hot temperatures of in the 90s are likely, with highs in the 80s for higher elevations, such as Government Camp and Santiam Pass. Overnight low temperatures mostly in the upper 50s to middle 60s, but few spots in lower valleys may only Excessive Heat Warning 2021-06-26T10:00:00-07:00 2021-06-28T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely South Washington Cascades FIPS6 053015 053059 UGC WAZ019 VTEC /O.CON.KPQR.EH.W.0001.210626T1700Z-210629T0600Z/

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Dangerously hot temperatures of 98 to 103 likely, with temperatures locally 103 to 108 are possible. Overnight low temperatures mostly 65 to 70 degrees, but few spots such as the Columbia River Gorge and the Portland-Vancouver metro area may Excessive Heat Warning 2021-06-26T10:00:00-07:00 2021-06-28T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely Central Columbia River Gorge; Greater Vancouver Area; Lower Columbia and I - 5 Corridor in Cowlitz County; South Washington Cascade Foothills; Western Columbia River Gorge; Willapa Hills FIPS6 053011 053015 053049 053059 053069 UGC WAZ020 WAZ022 WAZ039 WAZ040 WAZ045 WAZ046 VTEC /O.CON.KPQR.EH.W.0001.210626T1700Z-210629T0600Z/

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Dangerously hot temperatures of in the 90s are likely, with highs in the 80s for higher elevations, such as Government Camp and Santiam Pass. Overnight low temperatures mostly in the upper 50s to middle 60s, but few spots in lower valleys may only Excessive Heat Warning 2021-06-26T10:00:00-07:00 2021-06-28T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely Cascade Foothills in Lane County; Cascades in Lane County; Central Coast Range of Western Oregon; Coast Range of Northwest Oregon; Northern Oregon Cascade Foothills; Northern Oregon Cascades FIPS6 041003 041005 041007 041009 041027 041039 041041 041043 041047 041053 041057 041067 041071 UGC ORZ003 ORZ004 ORZ010 ORZ011 ORZ012 ORZ013 VTEC /O.CON.KPQR.EH.W.0001.210626T1700Z-210629T0600Z/

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Dangerously hot temperatures of 98 to 103 likely, with temperatures locally 103 to 108 are possible. Overnight low temperatures mostly 65 to 70 degrees, but few spots such as the Columbia River Gorge and the Portland-Vancouver metro area may Excessive Heat Warning 2021-06-26T10:00:00-07:00 2021-06-28T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely Central Columbia River Gorge; Central Willamette Valley; Greater Portland Metro Area; Lower Columbia; South Willamette Valley; Upper Hood River Valley; Western Columbia River Gorge FIPS6 041003 041005 041009 041027 041039 041043 041047 041051 041053 041067 041071 UGC ORZ005 ORZ006 ORZ007 ORZ008 ORZ014 ORZ015 ORZ016 VTEC /O.CON.KPQR.EH.W.0001.210626T1700Z-210629T0600Z/

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures of 100 to 112 possible in the lower valleys and 90 to 100 in the mountain valleys. * WHERE...Southeast Oregon and southwest Idaho. Excessive Heat Watch 2021-06-27T11:00:00-07:00 2021-06-30T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Future Moderate Possible Baker County; Harney County; Malheur County; Oregon Lower Treasure Valley FIPS6 041001 041025 041045 UGC ORZ061 ORZ062 ORZ063 ORZ064 VTEC /O.CON.KBOI.EH.A.0002.210627T1800Z-210701T0600Z/

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR611 AND OR640... Thunderstorms had decreased across the region and the threat for red flag conditions had decreased. Thus the red flag warning will be allowed to expire. Red Flag Warning 2021-06-23T22:40:00-07:00 2021-06-23T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Central Mountains of Oregon; Deschutes National Forest - minus Sisters Ranger District FIPS6 041013 041017 041031 041035 041069 UGC ORZ611 ORZ640 VTEC /O.EXP.KPDT.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210624T0600Z/

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR642, OR644, AND OR645... Thunderstorms had decreased across the region and the threat for red flag conditions had decreased. Thus the red flag warning will be allowed to expire. Red Flag Warning 2021-06-23T22:40:00-07:00 2021-06-23T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Central Blue Mountains; Southern Blue and Strawberry Mountains; Wallowa District FIPS6 041023 041025 041049 041061 041063 041069 UGC ORZ642 ORZ644 ORZ645 VTEC /O.EXP.KPDT.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210624T0600Z/

...Abundant Lightning Expected This Evening Over Portions of Northern Lake and Klamath County... ...Scattered Thunderstorms Expected over Northern California Thursday Afternoon and Evening... .The low will move southward Thursday focusing scattered thunderstorm activity over Northern California. Signals are a bit mixed in the Red Flag Warning 2021-06-23T22:15:00-07:00 2021-06-23T23:00:00-07:00 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.0010.000000T0000Z-210624T0600Z/

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN SISKIYOU... SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHEASTERN JOSEPHINE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM PDT... At 532 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Applegate Lake, or 20 miles northeast of Happy Camp, moving west northwest at 20 mph. Special Weather Statement 2021-06-26T11:00:00-07:00 2021-06-23T18:15:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Observed Eastern Curry County and Josephine County; Jackson County; Siskiyou Mountains and Southern Oregon Cascades 42.13,-123.01 41.93,-123.04 41.9,-123.53 42.24,-123.49 42.13,-123.01 FIPS6 041015 041029 041033 041035 UGC ORZ024 ORZ026 ORZ028 VTEC

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN OWYHEE AND EAST CENTRAL MALHEUR COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM MDT... At 629 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Succor Creek Reservoir, or 35 miles southwest of Nampa, moving northwest at 15 mph. Half inch hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with Special Weather Statement 2021-06-27T11:00:00-07:00 2021-06-23T18:15:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Observed Malheur County 43.08,-116.77 42.98,-117.15 43.35,-117.53 43.53,-116.81 43.08,-116.77 FIPS6 041045 UGC ORZ063 VTEC

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL BAKER COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM PDT... At 520 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Flagstaff Hill, or 7 miles east of Baker City, moving east at 15 mph. Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Special Weather Statement 2021-06-27T11:00:00-07:00 2021-06-23T17:45:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Observed Baker County 44.74,-117.77 44.89,-117.79 44.96,-117.46 44.7,-117.42 44.74,-117.77 FIPS6 041001 UGC ORZ062 VTEC

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL UNION AND NORTHWESTERN WALLOWA COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM PDT... At 507 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Minam, or 23 miles northeast of La Grande, moving northeast at 15 mph. Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with Special Weather Statement 2021-06-25T14:00:00-07:00 2021-06-23T18:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Observed Grande Ronde Valley; Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon; Wallowa County 45.42,-117.76 45.56,-118.05 45.93,-117.89 45.92,-117.32 45.59,-117.13 45.42,-117.76 FIPS6 041059 041061 041063 UGC ORZ049 ORZ050 ORZ502 VTEC

...UNPRECEDENTED HEAT EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... .Strong high pressure over the Pacific Northwest will bring a stretch of unseasonably hot weather to much of southwest Washington and northwest Oregon. Temperatures will already be in the low to mid 90s beginning Friday, but increase further to Excessive Heat Warning 2021-06-26T10:00:00-07:00 2021-06-28T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely South Washington Cascades FIPS6 053015 053059 UGC WAZ019 VTEC /O.UPG.KPQR.EH.A.0001.210625T2100Z-210629T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.EH.W.0001.210626T1700Z-210629T0600Z/

...UNPRECEDENTED HEAT EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... .Strong high pressure over the Pacific Northwest will bring a stretch of unseasonably hot weather to much of southwest Washington and northwest Oregon. Temperatures will already be in the low to mid 90s beginning Friday, but increase further to Excessive Heat Warning 2021-06-26T10:00:00-07:00 2021-06-28T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely Central Columbia River Gorge; Greater Vancouver Area; Lower Columbia and I - 5 Corridor in Cowlitz County; South Washington Cascade Foothills; Western Columbia River Gorge; Willapa Hills FIPS6 053011 053015 053049 053059 053069 UGC WAZ020 WAZ022 WAZ039 WAZ040 WAZ045 WAZ046 VTEC /O.UPG.KPQR.EH.A.0001.210625T2100Z-210629T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.EH.W.0001.210626T1700Z-210629T0600Z/

...UNPRECEDENTED HEAT EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... .Strong high pressure over the Pacific Northwest will bring a stretch of unseasonably hot weather to much of southwest Washington and northwest Oregon. Temperatures will already be in the low to mid 90s beginning Friday, but increase further to Excessive Heat Warning 2021-06-26T10:00:00-07:00 2021-06-28T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely Cascade Foothills in Lane County; Cascades in Lane County; Central Coast Range of Western Oregon; Coast Range of Northwest Oregon; Northern Oregon Cascade Foothills; Northern Oregon Cascades FIPS6 041003 041005 041007 041009 041027 041039 041041 041043 041047 041053 041057 041067 041071 UGC ORZ003 ORZ004 ORZ010 ORZ011 ORZ012 ORZ013 VTEC /O.UPG.KPQR.EH.A.0001.210625T2100Z-210629T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.EH.W.0001.210626T1700Z-210629T0600Z/