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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Spokane WA
220 AM PDT Tue Sep 2 2025

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East Washington Central Cascades (Zone 696)-
220 AM PDT Tue Sep 2 2025

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING FOR HOT, DRY, UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 696...

The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued a Fire Weather
Watch for Hot, dry, unstable conditions, which is in effect from
Wednesday morning through Thursday evening.

* Affected Area: East Washington Central Cascades (Zone 696).

* Winds: Terrain driven winds 2 to 5 mph becoming northwest 5 to
  10 mph in the evening.

* Relative Humidities: Minimum humidity: 13 to 19 percent.
  Humidity recoveries on midslopes within thermal belts of 25-35%

* Temperatures: 85 to 100 degrees.

* Impacts: Hot, dry, unstable conditions will lead to the
  potential for rapid fire growth on new or existing fires.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.

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