Red Flag Warning issued July 5 at 8:40PM PDT until July 6 at 9:00PM PDT by NWS Pendleton OR

…DRY AND LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS CONTINUE…

While breezy conditions across the Kittitas Valley are expected to
cease overnight, central Oregon will then see breezy winds along
with single digit relative humidities during the day Saturday.

* AFFECTED AREA…Fire Weather Zones 610 East Slopes of Central
Oregon Cascades, 611 Deschutes National Forest, 640 Central
Mountains of Oregon and 642 Southern Blue and Strawberry
Mountains.

* WINDS…Northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…As low as 6 percent.

* IMPACTS…Locally breezy conditions combined with very low
relative humidity will promote conditions conducive to rapid
fire spread and extreme fire behavior.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.