Red Flag Warning
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 556 AM PDT TUE AUG 4 2015 ...GUSTY WINDS WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY TODAY AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .EXPECT WINDS TO BECOME GUSTY ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THESE GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITY TO PRODUCE A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER ENVIRONMENT. ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FWZ 676 (CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS)... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676). * WINDS: NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 15 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS: RAPID FIRE SPREAD IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY NEW OR ONGOING FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
