Appleton Weather - Special Cases

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON
AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

FIRE WEATHER WATCH
EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON, EASTERN
COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON, EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER
GORGE OF OREGON, NORTH CENTRAL OREGON

CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FOREST OR LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR
CURRENT FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA.

VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING WINDS BY
THIS AFTERNOON WITH DRY FUELS TO CREATE A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS THEREFORE
IN EFFECT BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND SURROUNDING
SLOPES. PLEASE SEE NWS PRODUCT PDXRFWPDT FOR MORE DETAILS. IF AND
WHEN RED FLAG CONDITIONS BECOME CERTAIN A RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE
ISSUED. ELSEWHERE VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY
AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

FIRE WEATHER WATCH THURSDAY
EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON, EASTERN
COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON, EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER
GORGE OF OREGON, NORTH CENTRAL OREGON

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR THE EASTERN COLUMBIA
RIVER GORGE AND SURROUNDING SLOPES AS A WEATHER DISTURBANCE  MOVES
ACROSS THE REGION. SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES WITH CONTINUED DRY
WEATHER WILL THEN PREVAIL FROM FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO
NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

GRAPHICAL FORECASTS OF WEATHER HAZARDS OUT TO SEVEN DAYS
ARE DISPLAYED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT:

WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PDT/CURRENTHAZARDS/HWO.HTML

ALL LETTERS IN THE ABOVE URL ARE LOWER CASE...EXCEPT THE H IN
CURRENTHAZARDS.