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Red Flag Warning — North and Central Coastal Strip; North Coastal Lowlands; Central Coastal Lowlands; West Portion of the Olympic Mountains; Black Hills and Southwest Interior Lowlands; West Slopes of the Central Cascades Generally above 1500 Feet; East Portion of the Olympic Mountains Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 649 North and Central Coastal Strip, Fire Weather Zone 650 North Coastal Lowlands, Fire Weather Zone 651 Central Coastal Lowlands, Fire Weather Zone 652 West Portion of the Olympic Mountains, Fire Weather Zone 655 Black Hills and Southwest Interior Lowlands, Fire Weather Zone 659 West Slopes of the Central Cascades Generally above 1500 Feet and Fire Weather Zone 661 East Portion of the Olympic Mountains. * WINDS...West 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 30 percent Thursday. * LIGHTNING...Isolated thunderstorm coverage is possible across the southern Cascade Mountains and portions of southwest Washington. Thunderstorms will develop late Wednesday night and move from south to north across the area. * OUTFLOW WINDS...Any storms that develop will be capable of gusty and erratic outflow winds between 25 and 30 miles per hour. Outflow winds can occur ahead of and behind storms and cause erratic wind directions. * TEMPERATURES...Up to 85 Thursday. * IMPACTS...Scattered lightning in dry fuels can cause multiple fire starts. Thunderstorms can also bring sudden sharp wind shifts on existing fires, causing rapid changes in a fire's rate of spread and direction of spread. Thunderstorm outflow winds can be a threat for several hours following the start of a new lightning-caused fire. If a fire were to begin, air quality may diminish in the surrounding area.
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