PNW Area Situation
7/21/050630hrs
Portland Fire Weather has issued...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 630-631-632-638-675 FOR A HAINES 6 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT FIRE WEATHER ZONES 609-610-611-630-631-632-638-675
FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER AN EXTENDED DRY
PERIOD...
Spokane Fire Weather has issued...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING TO FRIDAY EVENING FOR MOST LOWER ELEVATION LOCATIONS ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON...
Boise Fire Weather has issued...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MDT /2 PM PDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM MDT /5 AM PDT/ FRIDAY FOR DRY LIGHTNING BURNS BLM OWYHEE MOUNTAINS VALE BLM AND WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM...
New Suppression on 07/20/05:Light initial attack, with 7ClassAB fires being reported. None of these fires caused any major problems.
OR-WSA-O54- Wolfe Point Fire 4,150 acres 25% containment
This fire is located on the Warm Springs Agency, six miles northeast of Warm Springs. The fire has been very quiet. Emphasis is on difficult eastern perimeter near the DeschutesRiverCanyon, where much mop-up is left to be done. A local Type 3 organization is in place with 101 personnel.
Weather near this fire:: Fire Weather Watch to Friday 5:00am PST
Today: Partly cloudy. Isolated thunderstorms. Southeast wind 3 mph. High 100.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Chance of thunderstorms. Southwest wind 9 mph. Low 62.
Friday: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of thunderstorms. Northwest wind 12 mph. High 94.
Synopsis:Strong high pressure and warm dry airmass remains over the PacNW. An upper leveldisturbance well off the Calif coast is expected to track slowly northeastward across the region today and Friday. This will result in lightning mainly in Oregontoday and Eastern Washington andextreme eastern Oregon on Friday. At least some of the storms are expected to be dry.
The surface thermal trough is also expected to lie in the vicinity of the east slopes of the Cascades the nextcouple of days and will result in low level instability in those areas. Another weak upper trough will movethrough region on Saturday.
Large Fire Potential: The risk for large fire activity will be high over parts of eastern Oregon and easternWashingtontoday and Friday due to dry fuels and lightning. For now expect the highest risk on Thursdayto be closer to the Oregon Cascades with only isolated lightning farther east. On Friday the risk shifts farthernorth and farther east. In addition, low level instability due to a thermal trough could cause elevated firebehavior on current large fire activity in C2 (Wolfe Pt Fire).