WFO PENDLETON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, September 8, 2024
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FIRE WEATHER WATCH
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
412 AM PDT Sat Sep 7 2024
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE THIS WEEKEND...
.Hot, dry, and unstable conditions will continue across central
Oregon today. A Pacific frontal system tracking across eastern
Oregon and far southeast Washington will bring another round of
showers and thunderstorms on Sunday. Storms are not expected to
bring as much lightning as what was observed on Labor Day, but the
potential lightning is enough to warrant Fire Weather Watches.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES OR641, OR643, OR644, OR645, AND WA693...
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 641 Lower Columbia Basin of
Oregon, 643 Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon, 644 Central
Blue Mountains, 645 Wallowa District and 693 Southeast
Washington Grande Ronde Valley.
* IMPACTS...New fire starts and rapid fire spread due to outflow
winds.
* THUNDERSTORMS...Scattered thunderstorms producing abundant
lightning and gusty outflow winds. Most storms will be
accompanied by light rain.
* OUTFLOW WINDS...Outflow winds are always possible with storms,
and these storms will be capable of 30 to 40 mph wind gusts.
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.
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