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...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR HOT...DRY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH CRITICALLY DRY FUELS...FOR OREGON FIRE WEATHER ZONES 602... 603...604...605...606...607 AND 608...AS WELL AS WASHINGTON FIRE WEATHER ZONES 602...604 AND 660... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR HOT...DRY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH CRITICALLY DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED ZONES...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 602...603... 604...605...606...607 AND 608. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 602...604 AND 660.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON THIS INCLUDES THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND ADJACENT COAST RANGE AND FOOTHILLS...MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST WEST OF THE CASCADE CREST...AND WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FOREST. IN WASHINGTON THIS INCLUDES THE EAST WILLAPA HILLS... CLARK COUNTY LOWLANDS...AND SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES AND FOOTHILLS INCLUDING GIFFORD PINCHOT NATIONAL FOREST.

* TIMING...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

* STABILITY...MID-LEVEL HAINES 6 CONDITIONS DEVELOPING FRIDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY 12 TO 20 PERCENT IN MANY AREAS. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR TO MODERATE ALONG AND ABOVE THERMAL BELTS.

* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 90S IN THE LOWLANDS SATURDAY...WITH UPPER 70S AND 80S IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF AN INCREASINGLY HOT...DRY...AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY POSE A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE TO CONTROL EFFORTS OF ANY EXISTING OR NEWLY STARTED FIRES. HOLDOVERS FROM RECENT LIGHTNING STRIKES MAY ATTEMPT TO GROW INTO LARGER FIRES DURING THIS EVENT.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CENTRAL OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS ... EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST RANGE ... MT. HOOD NATIONAL FOREST - WEST OF CASCADE CREST ... NORTH OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS ... NORTH OREGON COAST RANGE ... WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FOREST ... WILLAMETTE VALLEY

Instructions:

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