URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
251 PM PDT SAT JUL 7 2012

…FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING…

A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS COMBINED WITH A WEAK UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WILL LIKELY TRIGGER AN EPISODE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER
MUCH OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST BETWEEN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY.
FINER FUELS ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND IN THE CASCADE VALLEYS
BELOW 3500 FEET IN ELEVATION ARE SUFFICIENTLY DRY TO CARRY ANY
POTENTIAL FIRE STARTS.

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EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
251 PM PDT SAT JUL 7 2012

…FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE
CASCADE VALLEYS BELOW 3500 FEET…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH FOR THUNDERSTORMS…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN
  COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST
  WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676 BELOW 3500 FT)
  AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE
  VALLEYS (ZONE 677 BELOW 3500 FT).

* THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT CLOUD TO
  GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE EXPECTED.

* OUTFLOW WINDS: WINDS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GENERALLY
  LIGHT…HOWEVER ERRATIC WINDS GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS: LIGHTNING STRIKES COULD RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS
  ACROSS THESE AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.