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WFO PENDLETON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, September 8, 2024

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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...

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* 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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