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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
140 PM PDT Sun Jul 6 2025

...DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
OF OREGON AND SOUTHERN DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST...

.The ridge of high pressure is anticipated to break down Tuesday
afternoon with a dry cold front making its way into the region.
Ahead of the front, instability is expected to increase along with
an influx of mid-level moisture. This will lead to convection
along the central mountains of Oregon and through the southern
Deschutes National Forest Tuesday afternoon. Dry thunderstorms
will be isolated.

ORZ700-705-072100-
/O.NEW.KPDT.FW.A.0002.250708T2100Z-250709T0600Z/
Central Mountains of Oregon-Southern Deschutes National Forest-
140 PM PDT Sun Jul 6 2025

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
OR700 AND OR705...

The National Weather Service in Pendleton has issued a Fire
Weather Watch for abundant lightning, which is in effect from
Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 700 Central Mountains of
  Oregon and 705 Southern Deschutes National Forest.

* TIMING...From Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening.

* IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread
  quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.

* THUNDERSTORMS...Storms are mostly expected to be dry with
  rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch, though a few
  storms could produce rainfall amounts in excess of a tenth of an
  inch.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...As high as 45 mph.

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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