Avisos

Fire Weather Watch issued September 27 at 6:45PM PDT until September 29 at 7:00PM PDT by NWS Pendleton OR...BREEZY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY SUNDAY....Winds will increase on Sunday as a dry cold front sweeps acrosseastern Washington and eastern Oregon. Very dry air will alsoaccompany the cold front, causing the relative humidity toquickly fall in many locations of the Columbia Basin. As a result,this area will be susceptible to rapid fire spread.The National Weather Service in Pendleton has issued a FireWeather Watch for wind and low relative humidity, which is ineffect from Sunday morning through Sunday evening.* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 641 Lower Columbia Basin ofOregon and 691 Lower Columbia Basin of Washington.* WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 percent.* IMPACTS...Rapid fire spread may occur, particularly in drygrassy areas.A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditionsare forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possibleRed Flag Warnings.

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