Fire Weather Watch: Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon; Warm Springs Reservation; Kittitas Valley; Lower Columbia Basin

source: us-gov-api (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)published 2026-08-20 17:36ingested 2026-08-21 06:45

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Fire Weather Watch — Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon; Warm Springs Reservation; Kittitas Valley; Lower Columbia Basin Severity: Severe. Certainty: Possible. ...BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY SATURDAY... .A weather system will bring widespread breezy westerly winds through the Cascade gaps and across the Columbia Basin and portions of the Blue Mountains region on Saturday afternoon and evening. Coupled with low relative humidity, this may lead to critical fire weather conditions. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 690 Kittitas Valley, 691 Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon, 691 Lower Columbia Basin of Washington and 703 Warm Springs Reservation. * TIMING...From Saturday afternoon through Saturday evening. * WINDS...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 23 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.

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