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...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON FROM THE COAST RANGE TO THE CASCADES THROUGH SATURDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR HOT...DRY...UNSTABLE CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH CRITICALLY DRY FUELS FOR OREGON FIRE WEATHER ZONES 602...603...604...605... 606...607...608...AND WASHINGTON FIRE WEATHER ZONES 602...604 AND 660...

* 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 AREAS...THIS INCLUDES GIFFORD PINCHOT NATIONAL FOREST...MT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST WEST OF THE CASCADE CREST... THE WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FOREST...PORTIONS OF THE SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST...THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS...AS WELL AS THE CLARK COUNTY LOWLANDS. ODF...BLM... AND WASHINGTON DNR LANDS ARE INCLUDED AS WELL.

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

* STABILITY...MID AND HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5 TO 6 AT TIMES. VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS COULD PROMOTE COLUMN GROWTH TO 10 TO 12 THOUSAND FEET MSL OR GREATER UNDER INTENSE BURNING CONDITIONS.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT IN MANY AREAS. OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR ALONG AND ABOVE THERMAL BELTS.

* TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY 100 TO 105 OVER THE LOWLANDS...AND 85 TO 95 IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* WIND...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASINGLY BECOME AN ISSUE TODAY AND SATURDAY. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH EXPECTED FOR EXPOSED AREAS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

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

* 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 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.