NOAA Current Watches

...Dry thunderstorms expected in northeastern California and south central Oregon Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning... ...Abundant lightning possible Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening across portions of the interior west side of northern California and southwestern Oregon... .Elevated monsoonal moisture and exceptionally dry conditions at Red Flag Warning 2018-08-14T23:00:00-07:00 2018-08-15T23:00:00-07:00 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.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0013.180815T0900Z-180816T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0023.180815T0600Z-180816T0600Z/

...SMOKE FROM SURROUNDING WILDFIRES MAY RESULT IN POOR AIR QUALITY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY... Upper level high pressure and offshore surface flow will allow for smoke aloft from wildfires around the region to mix down into the lower atmosphere. Air quality sensors in many locations around Western Washington are indicating MODERATE to UNHEALTHY FOR Special Weather Statement 2018-08-13T09:54:00-07:00 2018-08-14T16:15:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Observed Admiralty Inlet Area; Bellevue and Vicinity; Bremerton and Vicinity; East Puget Sound Lowlands; Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca; Everett and Vicinity; Hood Canal Area; North Coast; Olympics; San Juan County; 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 Strait of Juan De Fuca; Western Whatcom County FIPS6 053009 053029 053031 053033 053035 053041 053045 053053 053055 053057 053061 053067 053073 UGC WAZ001 WAZ503 WAZ504 WAZ506 WAZ507 WAZ509 WAZ510 WAZ511 WAZ513 WAZ514 WAZ515 WAZ516 WAZ555 WAZ556 WAZ558 WAZ559 WAZ567 WAZ568 WAZ569 VTEC

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE... Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Pollution Advisory...in effect until further notice. Wildfires burning in the region combined with forecast conditions will cause air quality to be generally unhealthy in the advisory area. However, air quality levels will fluctuate, so periods of Air Quality Alert 2018-08-13T15:37:00-07:00 2018-08-14T15:45:00-07:00 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

...There is a chance for overnight dry thunderstorms in northeastern California and south central Oregon... .Upper level moisture and dry conditions near the surface will bring the potential for dry thunderstorms during Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Thunderstorms will start off in northern California Tuesday night and move northwards into Fire Weather Watch 2018-08-15T02:00:00-07:00 2018-08-15T23:00:00-07:00 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.0013.180815T0900Z-180816T0600Z/

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT WEDNESDAY... The Washington State Department of Ecology has issued an Air Quality Alert...in effect until noon PDT Wednesday for the following counties in central, south central and southeast Washington: Benton Columbia Air Quality Alert 2018-08-13T09:54:00-07:00 2018-08-14T11:00:00-07:00 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

An Air Quality Alert has been issued by the following agencies: Washington Department of Ecology in Spokane Washington Department of Ecology in Yakima Colville Confederated Tribes Spokane Tribe Kalispel Indian Community Air Quality Alert 2018-08-13T09:54:00-07:00 2018-08-14T10:00:00-07:00 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

...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING MONDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY... .Although it will be somewhat dry and breezy late Sunday night and early Monday, it appears more likely critically dry and windy conditions will develop Monday evening and linger through Tuesday morning in the western Columbia River Gorge. This will be most Fire Weather Watch 2018-08-13T18:00:00-07:00 2018-08-14T13:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Future Moderate Possible Extreme South Washington Cascades and Foothills FIPS6 053011 053015 053059 UGC WAZ660 VTEC /O.NEW.KPQR.FW.A.0001.180814T0100Z-180814T2000Z/

...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING MONDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY... .Although it will be somewhat dry and breezy late Sunday night and early Monday, it appears more likely critically dry and windy conditions will develop Monday evening and linger through Tuesday morning in the western Columbia River Gorge. This will be most Fire Weather Watch 2018-08-13T18:00:00-07:00 2018-08-14T13:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Future Moderate Possible Mt. Hood National Forest - West of Cascade Crest; North Oregon Cascade Foothills FIPS6 041005 041027 041047 041051 UGC ORZ605 ORZ607 VTEC /O.NEW.KPQR.FW.A.0001.180814T0100Z-180814T2000Z/

An Air Quality Alert has been issued by the following agencies: Washington Department of Ecology in Yakima Colville Confederated Tribes Washington Counties within the Air Quality Alert Include: Chelan Okanogan Air Quality Alert 2018-08-12T10:53:00-07:00 2018-08-13T10:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Chelan; Okanogan FIPS6 053007 053047 UGC WAC007 WAC047 VTEC

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WIND WITH LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624... * Impacts: Strong, gusty wind with low relative humidity and high fire danger will likely contribute to a significant spread of new and existing fires. * Affected area: The eastern portion of Fire Weather Zone 624 that Red Flag Warning 2018-08-11T14:46:00-07:00 2018-08-11T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Klamath Basin and the Fremont-Winema National Forest FIPS6 041035 041037 UGC ORZ624 VTEC /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-180812T0300Z/

...DRY AND BREEZY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR NORTHERN CASCADES THIS AFTERNOON... .Winds will continue to increase through the afternoon. Dry conditions will also linger despite the cooler temperatures. The combination of dry and breezy conditions will lead to critical fire weather conditions with the potential for increased fire Red Flag Warning 2018-08-11T13:02:00-07:00 2018-08-11T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Central Cascade Mountains; Central Cascade Valleys; Eastern Washington East Columbia Basin; Northeast Mountains; Northern Columbia Basin; Okanogan Highlands; Okanogan Valley FIPS6 053001 053007 053017 053019 053025 053037 053043 053047 053051 053063 053065 053075 UGC WAZ673 WAZ674 WAZ677 WAZ682 WAZ684 WAZ686 WAZ687 VTEC /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180812T0300Z/

...DRY AND BREEZY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR NORTHERN CASCADES THIS AFTERNOON... .Winds will continue to increase through the afternoon. Dry conditions will also linger despite the cooler temperatures. The combination of dry and breezy conditions will lead to critical fire weather conditions with the potential for increased fire Red Flag Warning 2018-08-11T13:02:00-07:00 2018-08-11T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely North Cascades FIPS6 053047 UGC WAZ685 VTEC /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180812T0300Z/

An Air Quality Alert has been issued by the following agencies: Colville Confederated Tribes Washington Department of Ecology in Yakima Washington Counties within the Air Quality Alert Include: Chelan Okanogan Air Quality Alert 2018-08-10T09:37:00-07:00 2018-08-12T09:30:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Chelan; Okanogan FIPS6 053007 053047 UGC WAC007 WAC047 VTEC

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON... .An upper low off the Pacific Northwest coast will move inland today bringing breezy to locally windy conditions to the Columbia Basin. Relative humidities will decrease to below critical values this afternoon. ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING Red Flag Warning 2018-08-11T08:47:00-07:00 2018-08-11T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Eastern Washington Southern Columbia Basin; Lower Columbia Basin of Washington FIPS6 053005 053013 053021 053023 053039 053071 053077 UGC WAZ641 WAZ675 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180812T0300Z/

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON... .An upper low off the Pacific Northwest coast will move inland today bringing breezy to locally windy conditions to the Columbia Basin. Relative humidities will decrease to below critical values this afternoon. ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING Red Flag Warning 2018-08-11T08:47:00-07:00 2018-08-11T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon FIPS6 041021 041049 041055 041059 041065 UGC ORZ641 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180812T0300Z/

...DRY THUNDERSTORMS FOLLOWED BY GUSTY WINDS TODAY... .Dry thunderstorms this morning will be followed by dry breezy winds this afternoon. This combination will lead to critical fire weather conditions with the potential for increased fire spread of current fires and possible new fire starts. ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING Red Flag Warning 2018-08-11T07:43:00-07:00 2018-08-11T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Eastern Washington East Columbia Basin; Northeast Mountains; Northern Columbia Basin; Okanogan Highlands; Okanogan Valley FIPS6 053001 053017 053019 053025 053043 053047 053051 053063 053065 053075 UGC WAZ673 WAZ674 WAZ684 WAZ686 WAZ687 VTEC /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180812T0300Z/

...DRY THUNDERSTORMS FOLLOWED BY GUSTY WINDS TODAY... .Dry thunderstorms this morning will be followed by dry breezy winds this afternoon. This combination will lead to critical fire weather conditions with the potential for increased fire spread of current fires and possible new fire starts. ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING Red Flag Warning 2018-08-11T07:43:00-07:00 2018-08-11T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Central Cascade Mountains; Central Cascade Valleys; North Cascades FIPS6 053007 053037 053047 UGC WAZ677 WAZ682 WAZ685 VTEC /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180812T0300Z/

...DRY THUNDERSTORMS FOLLOWED BY GUSTY WINDS TODAY... .Dry thunderstorms this morning will be followed by dry breezy winds this afternoon. This combination will lead to critical fire weather conditions with the potential for increased fire spread of current fires and possible new fire starts. ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS Red Flag Warning 2018-08-11T03:57:00-07:00 2018-08-11T11:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely South Central Cascade Mountains; South Central Cascade Valleys FIPS6 053037 053077 UGC WAZ676 WAZ680 VTEC /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180811T1800Z/

...DRY THUNDERSTORMS FOLLOWED BY GUSTY WINDS TODAY... .Dry thunderstorms this morning will be followed by dry breezy winds this afternoon. This combination will lead to critical fire weather conditions with the potential for increased fire spread of current fires and possible new fire starts. ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING Red Flag Warning 2018-08-11T03:57:00-07:00 2018-08-11T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Eastern Washington East Columbia Basin; Northeast Mountains; Northern Columbia Basin; Okanogan Highlands; Okanogan Valley FIPS6 053001 053017 053019 053025 053043 053047 053051 053063 053065 053075 UGC WAZ673 WAZ674 WAZ684 WAZ686 WAZ687 VTEC /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180812T0300Z/

...DRY THUNDERSTORMS FOLLOWED BY GUSTY WINDS TODAY... .Dry thunderstorms this morning will be followed by dry breezy winds this afternoon. This combination will lead to critical fire weather conditions with the potential for increased fire spread of current fires and possible new fire starts. ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING Red Flag Warning 2018-08-11T03:57:00-07:00 2018-08-11T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Central Cascade Mountains; Central Cascade Valleys; North Cascades FIPS6 053007 053037 053047 UGC WAZ677 WAZ682 WAZ685 VTEC /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180812T0300Z/