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...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON FROM THE COAST RANGE TO THE CASCADES THROUGH FRIDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR HOT...DRY...UNSTABLE CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH CRITICALLY DRY FUELS FOR OREGON FIRE WEATHER ZONE 602 AND WASHINGTON FIRE WEATHER ZONE 602... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR HOT...DRY...UNSTABLE CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH CRITICALLY DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY.

* AFFECTED ZONES...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 602. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 602.

* AFFECTED AREA...NORTH OREGON COAST RANGE AND EAST WILLAPA HILLS. THIS INCLUDES PORTIONS OF THE SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST...THE TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST...AND OTHER ODF...WASHINGTON DNR...AND BLM LANDS.

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* STABILITY...MID LEVEL HAINES 6...WITH HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 25 PERCENT IN MANY AREAS. OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR ALONG AND ABOVE THERMAL BELTS.

* TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY IN THE 90S...AND AS HIGH AS 98 TO 103 DEGREES IN THE LOWER ELEVATION VALLEYS.

* WINDS...EXPOSED RIDGES...AS WELL AS THE COWLITZ AND COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEYS...WILL LIKELY SEE NORTH WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF AN INCREASINGLY HOT...DRY...AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT AND VERY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN RAPID GROWTH OF NEW OR EXISTING FIRES.

* AFFECTED AREAS: NORTH OREGON COAST RANGE

Instructions:

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF THE ABOVE CONDITIONS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.