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...DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN OREGON... ...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN WEDNESDAY... .A pair of upper-level low-pressure systems will pass over the region through Wednesday. This will lead to thunderstorm development across eastern Oregon Wednesday afternoon and evening. Widespread breezy to windy conditions will persist through Wednesday, strongest through the Cascade gaps and Columbia Basin. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 698 Southern Blue Mountains. * TIMING...From 2 PM to 11 PM PDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. * THUNDERSTORMS...Storms are mostly expected to be dry with rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch, though a few storms could produce rainfall amounts in excess of a tenth of an inch. * OUTFLOW WINDS...As high as 55 mph.

...DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN OREGON... ...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN WEDNESDAY... .A pair of upper-level low-pressure systems will pass over the region through Wednesday. This will lead to thunderstorm development across eastern Oregon Wednesday afternoon and evening. Widespread breezy to windy conditions will persist through Wednesday, strongest through the Cascade gaps and Columbia Basin. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 691 Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon and 691 Lower Columbia Basin of Washington. * TIMING...From 11 AM to 10 PM PDT Wednesday. * WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low 15 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.

...HOT, DRY, AND WINDY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... * Affected Area: Colville Reservation (Zone 702), Okanogan Valley (Zone 703), Foothills of Central Washington Cascades (Zone 705) and Waterville Plateau (Zone 706). * Winds: West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidities: 18 to 27 percent. * Impacts: Rapid fire spread is likely with any new fires.

...HOT, DRY, AND WINDY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... * Affected Area: Foothills of Northeast Washington (Zone 701). * Winds: Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidities: 20 to 28 percent. * Impacts: Rapid fire spread is likely with any new fires.

...HOT, DRY, AND WINDY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... * Affected Area: Western Columbia Basin (Zone 707), Eastern Columbia Basin -Palouse -Spokane Area (Zone 708) and Lower Palouse -Snake River (Zone 709). * Winds: West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidities: 17 to 25 percent. * Impacts: Rapid fire spread is likely with any new fires.

The National Weather Service in Medford has cancelled the Red Flag Warning for this evening. The thunderstorms that developed earlier across the north have moved away from the area. So, the Red Flag Warning for this evening is cancelled. ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 9 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625... * AFFECTED AREA...In Oregon...eastern portions of fire zone 624 and fire zone 625. This includes the Fremont National Forest, including from Silver Lake southward to Bly, as well as most of Lake County. * THUNDERSTORMS...Isolated to scattered thunderstorms. Lightning strikes outside of precipitation cores are possible, and cause for concern for new fire starts. Isolated dry thunderstorms (10- 15% chance) are also possible. * OUTFLOW WINDS...Gusts of 35 to 55 mph could travel outward up to 25 miles from thunderstorm cores. * DETAILED URL...View the hazard area in detail at https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?wfo=mfr

At 630 PM PDT, trained weather spotters reported a strong thunderstorm over Crescent, or 16 miles southwest of La Pine, moving northwest at 5 mph. HAZARD...Half inch hail. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Crescent and Gilchrist.

...DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY AND WEDNESDAY OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN OREGON, WITH DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN WEDNESDAY... .The ridge of high pressure currently in place over the Pacific Northwest will break down tonight through Wednesday as a pair of upper-level low-pressure systems pass over the region. This will lead to thunderstorm development across central and eastern Oregon Tuesday afternoon and evening, and across eastern Oregon Wednesday afternoon and evening. Widespread breezy to windy conditions will persist this evening through Wednesday, strongest through the Cascade gaps and Columbia Basin on Wednesday with a frontal passage. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 691 Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon and 691 Lower Columbia Basin of Washington. * TIMING...From 11 AM to 10 PM PDT Wednesday. * WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low 18 to 23 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.

...DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY AND WEDNESDAY OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN OREGON, WITH DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN WEDNESDAY... .The ridge of high pressure currently in place over the Pacific Northwest will break down tonight through Wednesday as a pair of upper-level low-pressure systems pass over the region. This will lead to thunderstorm development across central and eastern Oregon Tuesday afternoon and evening, and across eastern Oregon Wednesday afternoon and evening. Widespread breezy to windy conditions will persist this evening through Wednesday, strongest through the Cascade gaps and Columbia Basin on Wednesday with a frontal passage. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 698 Southern Blue Mountains. * TIMING...From 2 PM to 11 PM PDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. * THUNDERSTORMS...Storms are mostly expected to be dry with rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch, though a few storms could produce rainfall amounts in excess of a tenth of an inch. * OUTFLOW WINDS...As high as 55 mph.

...DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY AND WEDNESDAY OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN OREGON, WITH DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN WEDNESDAY... .The ridge of high pressure currently in place over the Pacific Northwest will break down tonight through Wednesday as a pair of upper-level low-pressure systems pass over the region. This will lead to thunderstorm development across central and eastern Oregon Tuesday afternoon and evening, and across eastern Oregon Wednesday afternoon and evening. Widespread breezy to windy conditions will persist this evening through Wednesday, strongest through the Cascade gaps and Columbia Basin on Wednesday with a frontal passage. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 691 Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon and 691 Lower Columbia Basin of Washington. * TIMING...From 11 AM to 10 PM PDT Wednesday. * WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low 18 to 23 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.

...DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY AND WEDNESDAY OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN OREGON, WITH DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN WEDNESDAY... .The ridge of high pressure currently in place over the Pacific Northwest will break down tonight through Wednesday as a pair of upper-level low-pressure systems pass over the region. This will lead to thunderstorm development across central and eastern Oregon Tuesday afternoon and evening, and across eastern Oregon Wednesday afternoon and evening. Widespread breezy to windy conditions will persist this evening through Wednesday, strongest through the Cascade gaps and Columbia Basin on Wednesday with a frontal passage. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 696 John Day Valley, 700 Central Mountains of Oregon and 705 Southern Deschutes National Forest. * TIMING...Until 11 PM PDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. * THUNDERSTORMS...Storms are mostly expected to be dry with rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch, though a few storms could produce rainfall amounts in excess of a tenth of an inch. * OUTFLOW WINDS...As high as 60 mph.

At 335 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms near Riley, or 24 miles west of Burns, moving north at 15 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Areas of blowing dust. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Areas of blowing dust possible. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Chickahominy Reservoir and Riley around 340 PM PDT. Dry Mountain around 400 PM PDT.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 9 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625... The National Weather Service in Medford has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 2 PM to 9 PM PDT Wednesday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA...For the Red Flag Warning Today...in Oregon...the northern half of Fire weather zones 624 and 625. This includes the Fremont and Winema National Forests north of the Sprague River Valley and also the area north and west of Abert Rim. For the Red Flag Warning Wednesday...in Oregon...eastern portions of fire zone 624 and fire zone 625. This includes the Fremont National Forest, including from Silver Lake southward to Bly, as well as most of Lake County. * THUNDERSTORMS...Isolated to scattered thunderstorms. Lightning strikes outside of precipitation cores are possible, and cause for concern for new fire starts. Isolated dry thunderstorms (10-15% chance) are possible today and again on Wednesday. * OUTFLOW WINDS...Gusts of 35 to 55 mph could travel outward up to 25 miles from thunderstorm cores. * DETAILED URL...View the hazard area in detail at https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?wfo=mfr

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 9 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625... The National Weather Service in Medford has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 2 PM to 9 PM PDT Wednesday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA...For the Red Flag Warning Today...in Oregon...the northern half of Fire weather zones 624 and 625. This includes the Fremont and Winema National Forests north of the Sprague River Valley and also the area north and west of Abert Rim. For the Red Flag Warning Wednesday...in Oregon...eastern portions of fire zone 624 and fire zone 625. This includes the Fremont National Forest, including from Silver Lake southward to Bly, as well as most of Lake County. * THUNDERSTORMS...Isolated to scattered thunderstorms. Lightning strikes outside of precipitation cores are possible, and cause for concern for new fire starts. Isolated dry thunderstorms (10-15% chance) are possible today and again on Wednesday. * OUTFLOW WINDS...Gusts of 35 to 55 mph could travel outward up to 25 miles from thunderstorm cores. * DETAILED URL...View the hazard area in detail at https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?wfo=mfr

...DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY AND WEDNESDAY OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN OREGON, WITH DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN WEDNESDAY... .The ridge of high pressure currently in place over the Pacific Northwest will break down tonight through Wednesday as a pair of upper-level low-pressure systems pass over the region. This will lead to thunderstorm development across central and eastern Oregon Tuesday afternoon and evening, and across eastern Oregon Wednesday afternoon and evening. Widespread breezy to windy conditions will persist this evening through Wednesday, strongest through the Cascade gaps and Columbia Basin on Wednesday with a frontal passage. The National Weather Service in Pendleton has issued a Red Flag Warning for abundant lightning, which is in effect from 11 AM to 10 PM PDT Wednesday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 691 Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon and 691 Lower Columbia Basin of Washington. * TIMING...From 11 AM to 10 PM PDT Wednesday. * WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low 18 to 23 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.

...DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY AND WEDNESDAY OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN OREGON, WITH DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN WEDNESDAY... .The ridge of high pressure currently in place over the Pacific Northwest will break down tonight through Wednesday as a pair of upper-level low-pressure systems pass over the region. This will lead to thunderstorm development across central and eastern Oregon Tuesday afternoon and evening, and across eastern Oregon Wednesday afternoon and evening. Widespread breezy to windy conditions will persist this evening through Wednesday, strongest through the Cascade gaps and Columbia Basin on Wednesday with a frontal passage. The National Weather Service in Pendleton has issued a Red Flag Warning for abundant lightning, which is in effect from 2 PM to 11 PM PDT Wednesday. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 698 Southern Blue Mountains. * TIMING...From 2 PM to 11 PM PDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. * THUNDERSTORMS...Storms are mostly expected to be dry with rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch, though a few storms could produce rainfall amounts in excess of a tenth of an inch. * OUTFLOW WINDS...As high as 55 mph.

...DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY AND WEDNESDAY OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN OREGON, WITH DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN WEDNESDAY... .The ridge of high pressure currently in place over the Pacific Northwest will break down tonight through Wednesday as a pair of upper-level low-pressure systems pass over the region. This will lead to thunderstorm development across central and eastern Oregon Tuesday afternoon and evening, and across eastern Oregon Wednesday afternoon and evening. Widespread breezy to windy conditions will persist this evening through Wednesday, strongest through the Cascade gaps and Columbia Basin on Wednesday with a frontal passage. The National Weather Service in Pendleton has issued a Red Flag Warning for abundant lightning, which is in effect from 11 AM to 10 PM PDT Wednesday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 691 Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon and 691 Lower Columbia Basin of Washington. * TIMING...From 11 AM to 10 PM PDT Wednesday. * WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low 18 to 23 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.

...DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY AND WEDNESDAY OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN OREGON, WITH DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN WEDNESDAY... .The ridge of high pressure currently in place over the Pacific Northwest will break down tonight through Wednesday as a pair of upper-level low-pressure systems pass over the region. This will lead to thunderstorm development across central and eastern Oregon Tuesday afternoon and evening, and across eastern Oregon Wednesday afternoon and evening. Widespread breezy to windy conditions will persist this evening through Wednesday, strongest through the Cascade gaps and Columbia Basin on Wednesday with a frontal passage. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 696 John Day Valley, 700 Central Mountains of Oregon and 705 Southern Deschutes National Forest. * TIMING...Until 11 PM PDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. * THUNDERSTORMS...Storms are mostly expected to be dry with rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch, though a few storms could produce rainfall amounts in excess of a tenth of an inch. * OUTFLOW WINDS...As high as 60 mph.

...HOT, DRY, AND WINDY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... .Hot and very dry conditions will be in place on Tuesday. Winds will increase through the day with gusts 15 to 25 mph from the East Slopes to the Palouse. Locally stronger winds will develop late Tuesday afternoon and evening in the foothills of the Cascades and across the Waterville Plateau producing gusts around 30 mph. Winds will decrease Tuesday night. A dry cold front will sweep through the region on Wednesday delivering stronger winds region- wide. Humidity levels increase on Wednesday but remain near critical levels. * Affected Area: Colville Reservation (Zone 702), Okanogan Valley (Zone 703), Foothills of Central Washington Cascades (Zone 705) and Waterville Plateau (Zone 706). * Winds: Tuesday: West 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph increasing to 30 mph in the evening. Wednesday: West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidities: 8 to 15 percent on Tuesday. 18 to 27 percent on Wednesday. * Impacts: Rapid fire spread is likely with any new fires.

...HOT, DRY, AND WINDY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... .Hot and very dry conditions will be in place on Tuesday. Winds will increase through the day with gusts 15 to 25 mph from the East Slopes to the Palouse. Locally stronger winds will develop late Tuesday afternoon and evening in the foothills of the Cascades and across the Waterville Plateau producing gusts around 30 mph. Winds will decrease Tuesday night. A dry cold front will sweep through the region on Wednesday delivering stronger winds region- wide. Humidity levels increase on Wednesday but remain near critical levels. * Affected Area: Foothills of Northeast Washington (Zone 701). * Winds: Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidities: 20 to 28 percent. * Impacts: Rapid fire spread is likely with any new fires.