Dry and Breezy Through Saturday
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The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued an Elevated Fire Weather Watch for portions of Eastern and North Central Washington.
Friday, 7/26/19: Dry and very warm conditions this afternoon with temperatures in the lower 90s will be followed be a marine push through the Cascade Gaps in the early evening. A few hours of critical wind and low humidity is expected in the late afternoon and early evening before relative humidity recovers. A cold front passage tonight will result in breezy winds over much of eastern Washington on Saturday. Dry conditions combined with gusty winds will result in rapid fire spread with any new or ongoing fires.
The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued a Fire Weather watch for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from Saturday afternoon through Saturday evening.
* Affected Area: Fire Weather Zone 673 East Washington Northern Columbia Basin (zone 673), Fire Weather Zone 674 East Washington Palouse and Spokane area (zone 674) and Fire
Weather Zone 677 East Washington Central Cascade Valleys (zone 677).
* winds: West 15 to 25 MPH with Gusts Up to 35 MPH.
* Relative Humidities: 18 to 25 Percent.
* Impacts: Gusty winds and Low Relative Humidities will Promote Rapid Fire Spread of Existing Fires and Any New Fire Starts.
A Fire Weather Watch means that Critical Fire Weather Conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for Later Forecasts and Possible Red Flag Warnings.
