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...HOT...VERY DRY...AND INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND NEAR THE COLUMBIA GORGE AND WILLAMETTE VALLEY... ...BREEZY OFFSHORE FLOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .Offshore flow is beginning to develop across Southwest Washington and Northwest Oregon today, which will eventually bring hot and very dry air into the region for the weekend. North to northeast Fire Weather Watch 2022-08-06T11:00:00-07:00 2022-08-07T20:00:00-07:00 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.0002.220806T1800Z-220808T0300Z/

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY... * WHAT...High temperatures 97 to 102. Low temperatures 65 to 70. * WHERE...In Oregon, Greater Portland Metro Area, Upper Hood River Valley, Western Columbia River Gorge and Central Columbia River Gorge. In Washington, Greater Vancouver Area, Heat Advisory 2022-08-07T12:00:00-07:00 2022-08-08T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Central Columbia River Gorge; Greater Portland Metro Area; Upper Hood River Valley; Western Columbia River Gorge FIPS6 041005 041027 041051 041067 UGC ORZ006 ORZ014 ORZ015 ORZ016 VTEC /O.CON.KPQR.HT.Y.0003.220807T1900Z-220809T0300Z/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 285... 624 AND 625... * Impacts: Lightning and high fire danger will likely result in new fire starts. Gusty thunderstorm winds could contribute to fire spread. Despite rainfall, initial attack resources could be Red Flag Warning 2022-08-05T13:28:00-07:00 2022-08-05T20:00:00-07:00 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.0013.000000T0000Z-220806T0300Z/

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY... * WHAT...High temperatures 97 to 102. Low temperatures 60 to 70. * WHERE...In Oregon, Greater Portland Metro Area, Upper Hood River Valley, Western Columbia River Gorge and Central Columbia River Gorge. In Washington, Greater Vancouver Area, Heat Advisory 2022-08-07T12:00:00-07:00 2022-08-08T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Central Columbia River Gorge; Greater Portland Metro Area; Upper Hood River Valley; Western Columbia River Gorge FIPS6 041005 041027 041051 041067 UGC ORZ006 ORZ014 ORZ015 ORZ016 VTEC /O.CON.KPQR.HT.Y.0003.220807T1900Z-220809T0300Z/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 285...624 AND 625... * Impacts: Lightning and high fire danger will likely result in new fire starts. Gusty thunderstorm winds could contribute to fire spread. Despite rainfall, initial attack resources could be Red Flag Warning 2022-08-05T13:00:00-07:00 2022-08-05T20:00:00-07:00 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.0013.220805T2000Z-220806T0300Z/

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY... * WHAT...High temperatures 97 to 102. Low temperatures 60 to 70. * WHERE...In Oregon, Greater Portland Metro Area, Upper Hood River Valley, Western Columbia River Gorge and Central Columbia River Gorge. In Washington, Greater Vancouver Area, Western Columbia River Gorge and Central Columbia River Gorge. Heat Advisory 2022-08-07T12:00:00-07:00 2022-08-08T20:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Central Columbia River Gorge; Greater Portland Metro Area; Upper Hood River Valley; Western Columbia River Gorge FIPS6 041005 041027 041051 041067 UGC ORZ006 ORZ014 ORZ015 ORZ016 VTEC /O.COR.KPQR.HT.Y.0003.220807T1900Z-220809T0300Z/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 285... 624 AND 625... The National Weather Service in Medford has issued a Red Flag Warning...which is in effect from 1 PM to 8 PM PDT Friday. * Impacts: Lightning and high fire danger will likely result in Red Flag Warning 2022-08-05T13:00:00-07:00 2022-08-05T20:00:00-07:00 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.0013.220805T2000Z-220806T0300Z/

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY... The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality continues the air quality advisory through Friday August 5 for Jackson and Klamath Counties due to smoke from wildfires in Siskiyou County, California. DEQ expects the air quality advisory to last until at least Friday, Air Quality Alert 2022-08-03T21:47:00-07:00 2022-08-04T15:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Jackson; Klamath FIPS6 041029 041035 UGC ORC029 ORC035 VTEC

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... .Winds will be breezy across the Kittitas Valley, the eastern Columbia River Gorge, and the Lower Columbia Basin through this evening. Winds in combination with low humidity will facilitate Red Flag Warning 2022-08-03T14:41:00-07:00 2022-08-03T21:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Central Blue Mountains; Central Mountains of Oregon; Southern Blue and Strawberry Mountains FIPS6 041013 041017 041023 041025 041031 041049 041061 041069 UGC ORZ640 ORZ642 ORZ644 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-220804T0400Z/

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... .Winds will be breezy across the Kittitas Valley, the eastern Columbia River Gorge, and the Lower Columbia Basin through this evening. Winds in combination with low humidity will facilitate Red Flag Warning 2022-08-03T14:41:00-07:00 2022-08-03T21:00:00-07:00 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.0004.000000T0000Z-220804T0400Z/

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .Winds will be breezy across the Kittitas Valley, the eastern Columbia River Gorge, and the Lower Columbia Basin through Red Flag Warning 2022-08-03T02:38:00-07:00 2022-08-03T21:00:00-07:00 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.0004.000000T0000Z-220804T0400Z/

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .Winds will be breezy across the Kittitas Valley, the eastern Columbia River Gorge, and the Lower Columbia Basin through Red Flag Warning 2022-08-03T12:00:00-07:00 2022-08-03T21:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Central Blue Mountains; Central Mountains of Oregon; Southern Blue and Strawberry Mountains FIPS6 041013 041017 041023 041025 041031 041049 041061 041069 UGC ORZ640 ORZ642 ORZ644 VTEC /O.EXB.KPDT.FW.W.0004.220803T1900Z-220804T0400Z/

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .Winds will be breezy across the Kittitas Valley, the eastern Columbia River Gorge, and the Lower Columbia Basin through Wednesday. Winds in combination with low humidity will cause rapid fire spread in dry grassy areas. ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT WEDNESDAY Red Flag Warning 2022-08-02T21:20:00-07:00 2022-08-03T21:00:00-07:00 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.0004.000000T0000Z-220804T0400Z/

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of east central Douglas and northwestern Klamath Counties through 515 PM PDT... At 428 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 9 miles northeast of Toketee Falls to 8 miles southwest of Crescent. Movement was northeast at 5 mph. HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail. Special Weather Statement 2022-08-02T12:56:00-07:00 2022-08-02T17:15:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Observed Eastern Douglas County Foothills; Northern and Eastern Klamath County and Western Lake County; South Central Oregon Cascades 43.47,-121.67 43.3,-121.75 43.31,-122.44 43.44,-122.37 43.44,-122.14 43.45,-122.15 43.48,-122.13 43.47,-121.67 FIPS6 041019 041035 041037 UGC ORZ025 ORZ027 ORZ030 VTEC

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .Winds will be breezy across the Kittitas Valley, the eastern Columbia River Gorge, and the Lower Columbia Basin through Wednesday. Winds in combination with low humidity will cause rapid fire spread in dry grassy areas. ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT WEDNESDAY Red Flag Warning 2022-08-02T14:33:00-07:00 2022-08-03T21:00:00-07:00 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.0004.000000T0000Z-220804T0400Z/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280... 281...282...284...285...617...620...621...622...623...624 AND 625... * Impacts: Abundant lightning on critically dry vegetation is likely to result in numerous new fire starts through this evening that could overwhelm firefighting resources. Gusty Red Flag Warning 2022-08-02T13:48:00-07:00 2022-08-02T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Eastern Rogue Valley; Klamath Basin and the Fremont-Winema National Forest; Siskiyou Mountains; South Central Oregon Desert including the BLM Land in Eastern Lake and Western Harney Counties; Southern Oregon Cascades; Umpqua National Forest; Western Rogue Basin including the Illinois Valley FIPS6 041019 041029 041033 041035 041037 UGC ORZ617 ORZ620 ORZ621 ORZ622 ORZ623 ORZ624 ORZ625 VTEC /O.COR.KMFR.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-220803T0600Z/

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY... The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality continues the air quality advisory through Friday August 5 for Jackson and Klamath Counties due to smoke from the McKinney fire in Siskiyou County, near Yreka, California. DEQ expects the air quality advisory to last until at least Friday, Air Quality Alert 2022-08-02T12:56:00-07:00 2022-08-04T16:15:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Jackson; Klamath FIPS6 041029 041035 UGC ORC029 ORC035 VTEC

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .Winds will be breezy across the Kittitas Valley, the eastern Columbia River Gorge, and the Lower Columbia Basin on Tuesday and again on Wednesday. Winds in combination with low humidity will cause rapid fire spread in dry grassy areas. ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR Red Flag Warning 2022-08-02T02:51:00-07:00 2022-08-03T21:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon FIPS6 041021 041049 041055 041059 041065 UGC ORZ641 VTEC /O.EXT.KPDT.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-220804T0400Z/

...ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY TODAY AND TUESDAY... .Isolated to scattered thunderstorms with abundant lightning will once again develop over portions of central and eastern Oregon today and tonight. Frequent lightning and strong outflow winds Red Flag Warning 2022-08-01T15:15:00-07:00 2022-08-01T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Central Blue Mountains; Central Mountains of Oregon; Deschutes National Forest - minus Sisters Ranger District; East Slopes of Central Oregon Cascades; Southern Blue and Strawberry Mountains FIPS6 041013 041017 041023 041025 041031 041035 041049 041061 041065 041069 UGC ORZ610 ORZ611 ORZ640 ORZ642 ORZ644 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-220802T0600Z/

...ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY TODAY AND TUESDAY... .Isolated to scattered thunderstorms with abundant lightning will once again develop over portions of central and eastern Oregon today and tonight. Frequent lightning and strong outflow winds Red Flag Warning 2022-08-01T15:15:00-07:00 2022-08-01T23:00:00-07:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Wallowa District FIPS6 041061 041063 UGC ORZ645 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-220802T0600Z/