NOAA Current Watches

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON... .A low pressure system moving across the region will bring scattered thunderstorms to central and northeastern Oregon and southeast Washington today through Friday. Some of the storms will have limited rainfall. Red Flag Warning 2018-08-16T15:00:00-07:00 2018-08-17T05:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Central Mountains of Oregon; Deschutes National Forest - minus Sisters Ranger District; East Slopes of Central Oregon Cascades FIPS6 041013 041017 041031 041035 041065 041069 UGC ORZ610 ORZ611 ORZ640 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0014.180816T2200Z-180817T1200Z/

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON... .A low pressure system moving across the region will bring scattered thunderstorms to central and northeastern Oregon and southeast Washington today through Friday. Some of the storms will have limited rainfall. Red Flag Warning 2018-08-16T15:00:00-07:00 2018-08-17T11:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Central Blue Mountains; Southern Blue and Strawberry Mountains FIPS6 041023 041025 041049 041061 041069 UGC ORZ642 ORZ644 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0014.180816T2200Z-180817T1800Z/

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON... .A low pressure system moving across the region will bring scattered thunderstorms to central and northeastern Oregon and southeast Washington today through Friday. Some of the storms will have limited rainfall. Red Flag Warning 2018-08-16T17:00:00-07:00 2018-08-17T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon; Wallowa District FIPS6 041059 041061 041063 UGC ORZ643 ORZ645 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0014.180817T0000Z-180818T0300Z/

...Isolated to scattered thunderstorms expected today for eastern Fire Weather Zone 617, northern portions of Fire Weather Zones 623 and 624, and northern and eastern portions of Fire Weather Zone 625... .Upper level low pressure approaching from the west is expected to result in another round of isolated to scattered thunderstorms Red Flag Warning 2018-08-16T12:49:00-07:00 2018-08-16T23:00:00-07:00 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; Southern Oregon Cascades; Umpqua National Forest FIPS6 041019 041029 041035 041037 UGC ORZ617 ORZ623 ORZ624 ORZ625 VTEC /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-180817T0600Z/

...THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE REGION... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT /11 PM PDT/ FRIDAY NIGHT FOR LIGHTNING... * THUNDERSTORMS...Diminishing overnight except over Baker County. Thunderstorms expected again Friday with a gradual clearing Red Flag Warning 2018-08-16T12:33:00-07:00 2018-08-17T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Baker Valley; Burns BLM; Vale BLM FIPS6 041001 041025 041045 UGC ORZ636 ORZ637 ORZ646 VTEC /O.CON.KBOI.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-180818T0600Z/

...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .A surge of monsoonal moisture combined with an approaching disturbance will bring isolated dry thunderstorms to extreme eastern Washington and the Idaho Panhandle late Thursday night and into Friday morning. This threat will end over the Palouse and Red Flag Warning 2018-08-16T23:00:00-07:00 2018-08-17T11:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Eastern Washington East Columbia Basin FIPS6 053043 053063 053075 UGC WAZ674 VTEC /O.UPG.KOTX.FW.A.0005.180817T0600Z-180817T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0014.180817T0600Z-180817T1800Z/

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT FRIDAY... The Washington State Department of Ecology has issued an Air Quality Alert...in effect until noon PDT Friday for the following counties in central, south central and southeast Washington: Benton Columbia Air Quality Alert 2018-08-16T08:10:00-07:00 2018-08-17T08:45:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Benton; Columbia; Franklin; Kittitas; Klickitat; Walla Walla; Yakima FIPS6 053005 053013 053021 053037 053039 053071 053077 UGC WAC005 WAC013 WAC021 WAC037 WAC039 WAC071 WAC077 VTEC

...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT FRIDAY... Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Quality Advisory...in effect until noon PDT Friday for the following counties: Crook Deschutes Air Quality Alert 2018-08-15T10:21:00-07:00 2018-08-17T08:45:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Crook; Deschutes; Gilliam; Grant; Jefferson; Morrow; Sherman; Umatilla; Union; Wallowa; Wasco; Wheeler FIPS6 041013 041017 041021 041023 041031 041049 041055 041059 041061 041063 041065 041069 UGC ORC013 ORC017 ORC021 ORC023 ORC031 ORC049 ORC055 ORC059 ORC061 ORC063 ORC065 ORC069 VTEC

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON... .A low pressure system moving across the region will bring scattered thunderstorms to central Oregon this afternoon then across eastern Oregon and southeast Washington tonight and Friday. Most storms will bring less than a tenth of an inch of Red Flag Warning 2018-08-16T17:00:00-07:00 2018-08-17T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Asotin County; Blue Mountains of Washington FIPS6 053003 053013 053023 UGC WAZ643 WAZ645 VTEC /O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0007.180817T0200Z-180818T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.FW.W.0014.180817T0000Z-180818T0300Z/

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON... .A low pressure system moving across the region will bring scattered thunderstorms to central Oregon this afternoon then across eastern Oregon and southeast Washington tonight and Friday. Most storms will bring less than a tenth of an inch of Red Flag Warning 2018-08-16T15:00:00-07:00 2018-08-17T05:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Central Mountains of Oregon; Deschutes National Forest - minus Sisters Ranger District; East Slopes of Central Oregon Cascades FIPS6 041013 041017 041031 041035 041065 041069 UGC ORZ610 ORZ611 ORZ640 VTEC /O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0007.180816T2200Z-180817T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.FW.W.0014.180816T2200Z-180817T1200Z/

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON... .A low pressure system moving across the region will bring scattered thunderstorms to central Oregon this afternoon then across eastern Oregon and southeast Washington tonight and Friday. Most storms will bring less than a tenth of an inch of Red Flag Warning 2018-08-16T15:00:00-07:00 2018-08-17T11:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Central Blue Mountains; Southern Blue and Strawberry Mountains FIPS6 041023 041025 041049 041061 041069 UGC ORZ642 ORZ644 VTEC /O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0007.180816T2200Z-180817T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.FW.W.0014.180816T2200Z-180817T1800Z/

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON... .A low pressure system moving across the region will bring scattered thunderstorms to central Oregon this afternoon then across eastern Oregon and southeast Washington tonight and Friday. Most storms will bring less than a tenth of an inch of Red Flag Warning 2018-08-16T17:00:00-07:00 2018-08-17T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon; Wallowa District FIPS6 041059 041061 041063 UGC ORZ643 ORZ645 VTEC /O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0007.180817T0200Z-180818T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.FW.W.0014.180817T0000Z-180818T0300Z/

An Air Quality Alert has been issued by the following agencies: Washington Department of Ecology in Spokane Washington Department of Ecology in Yakima Nez Perce Tribe Colville Confederated Tribes Spokane Tribe Air Quality Alert 2018-08-16T08:10:00-07:00 2018-08-17T08:15:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Adams; Asotin; Chelan; Douglas; Ferry; Garfield; Grant; Lincoln; Okanogan; Pend Oreille; Spokane; Stevens; Whitman FIPS6 053001 053003 053007 053017 053019 053023 053025 053043 053047 053051 053063 053065 053075 UGC WAC001 WAC003 WAC007 WAC017 WAC019 WAC023 WAC025 WAC043 WAC047 WAC051 WAC063 WAC065 WAC075 VTEC

...THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THE INCREASE THROUGH SATURDAY ACROSS THE REGION... .Moisture continues to spread across the area combining with both strong daytime heating and an approaching upper trough. The lower portions of the airmass remain dry, therefore initially little if any rain is expected. As the upper trough begins to swing into Red Flag Warning 2018-08-16T11:00:00-07:00 2018-08-17T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Baker Valley; Burns BLM; Vale BLM FIPS6 041001 041025 041045 UGC ORZ636 ORZ637 ORZ646 VTEC /O.UPG.KBOI.FW.A.0005.180816T1800Z-180818T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOI.FW.W.0008.180816T1800Z-180818T0600Z/

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Pollution Advisory...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 unhealthy or even hazardous at times. Unhealthy to very unhealthy conditions are Air Quality Alert 2018-08-15T10:21:00-07:00 2018-08-17T12:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Eastern Curry County and Josephine County; Jackson County; Klamath Basin; Northern and Eastern Klamath County and Western Lake County; Siskiyou Mountains and Southern Oregon Cascades; South Central Oregon Cascades FIPS6 041015 041019 041029 041033 041035 041037 UGC ORZ024 ORZ026 ORZ027 ORZ028 ORZ029 ORZ030 VTEC

...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... .A surge of monsoonal moisture combined with an approaching disturbance will bring the risk of dry thunderstorms to extreme eastern Washington and the Idaho Panhandle late Thursday night and into Friday morning. Fire Weather Watch 2018-08-16T23:00:00-07:00 2018-08-17T11:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Future Moderate Possible Eastern Washington East Columbia Basin FIPS6 053043 053063 053075 UGC WAZ674 VTEC /O.CON.KOTX.FW.A.0005.180817T0600Z-180817T1800Z/

...Isolated to scattered thunderstorms expected today for eastern Fire Weather Zone 617, northern portions of Fire Weather Zones 623 and 624, and northern and eastern portions of Fire Weather Zone 625... .Upper level low pressure approaching from the west is expected to result in another round of isolated to scattered thunderstorms Red Flag Warning 2018-08-16T11:00:00-07:00 2018-08-16T23:00:00-07:00 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; Southern Oregon Cascades; Umpqua National Forest FIPS6 041019 041029 041035 041037 UGC ORZ617 ORZ623 ORZ624 ORZ625 VTEC /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0024.180816T1800Z-180817T0600Z/

...Isolated to scattered thunderstorms expected Thursday for eastern Fire Weather Zone 617, northern portions of Fire Weather Zones 623 and 624, and Fire Weather Zone 625... .Upper level low pressure approaching from the west is expected to result in another round of isolated to scattered thunderstorms across portions of southwest Oregon. The best potential for Red Flag Warning 2018-08-16T11:00:00-07:00 2018-08-16T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Klamath Basin and the Fremont-Winema National Forest; Southern Oregon Cascades; Umpqua National Forest FIPS6 041019 041029 041035 041037 UGC ORZ617 ORZ623 ORZ624 VTEC /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0024.180816T1800Z-180817T0600Z/

...Isolated to scattered thunderstorms expected Thursday for eastern Fire Weather Zone 617, northern portions of Fire Weather Zones 623 and 624, and Fire Weather Zone 625... .Upper level low pressure approaching from the west is expected to result in another round of isolated to scattered thunderstorms across portions of southwest Oregon. The best potential for Red Flag Warning 2018-08-16T11:00:00-07:00 2018-08-16T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely South Central Oregon Desert including the BLM Land in Eastern Lake and Western Harney Counties FIPS6 041037 UGC ORZ625 VTEC /O.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-180816T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0024.180816T1800Z-180817T0600Z/

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON CRITICALLY DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 608... The National Weather Service in Portland has cancelled the Red Flag Warning that was in effect for this evening. However, the Fire Weather Watch 2018-08-16T14:00:00-07:00 2018-08-16T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Future Moderate Possible Willamette National Forest FIPS6 041039 041043 UGC ORZ608 VTEC /O.CAN.KPQR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180816T0600Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.FW.A.0002.180816T2100Z-180817T0600Z/