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ECCDA DISCUSSIONS FOR YREKA AND MODOC CALIFORNIA DISPATCH AREAS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR  
157 PM PDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
ECC002-211500-  
WEST YREKA-  
DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN KLAMATH  
157 PM PDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
...ISOLATED CRITICAL TO NEAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY  
THROUGH SATURDAY...  
 
AN OFFSHORE TROUGH WILL IMPACT THE REGION TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY,  
BRINGING PERIODS OF ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO GUSTY  
WINDS/LOW RH. EXPECT ENHANCED WINDS TODAY, WITH ISOLATED CRITICAL  
CONDITIONS. MORE WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED  
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS GUSTY WINDS PEAK AND COMBINE WITH LOW  
DAYTIME HUMIDITIES. THUNDER POTENTIAL IS LIMITED TO ISOLATED  
(10-15%) FOR FRIDAY, THEN SHIFTS NORTHWARD ON SATURDAY. MORE  
TYPICAL SUMMER CONDITIONS RETURN SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, WITH  
PERIODS OF ENHANCED AFTERNOON WINDS POSSIBLE.  
 
 
 
ECC102-211500-  
EAST YREKA-  
DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN KLAMATH  
157 PM PDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM  
PDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WIND AND LOW RH...  
 
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 9 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR  
STRONG GUSTY WIND AND LOW RH...  
 
AN OFFSHORE TROUGH WILL IMPACT THE REGION TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY,  
BRINGING PERIODS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO GUSTY  
WINDS/LOW RH. EXPECT ENHANCED WINDS TODAY, WITH CRITICAL  
CONDITIONS IN THE SHASTA VALLEY AND ISOLATED CRITICAL CONDITIONS  
EAST OF THE CASCADES. MORE WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE  
EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS GUSTY WINDS PEAK AND COMBINE WITH  
LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITIES. MORE TYPICAL SUMMER CONDITIONS RETURN  
SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, WITH PERIODS OF ENHANCED AFTERNOON  
WINDS POSSIBLE.  
 
 
 
ECC003-211500-  
ALTURAS-  
DISCUSSION FOR MODOC  
157 PM PDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 9 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR  
STRONG GUSTY WIND AND LOW RH...  
 
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH  
SATURDAY EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WIND AND LOW RH...  
 
AN OFFSHORE TROUGH WILL IMPACT THE REGION TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY,  
BRINGING PERIODS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO GUSTY  
WINDS/LOW RH. EXPECT ENHANCED WINDS TODAY, WITH ISOLATED CRITICAL  
CONDITIONS EAST OF THE CASCADES. MORE WIDESPREAD CRITICAL  
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS GUSTY WINDS PEAK  
AND COMBINE WITH LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITIES. MORE TYPICAL SUMMER  
CONDITIONS RETURN SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, WITH PERIODS OF  
ENHANCED AFTERNOON WINDS POSSIBLE.  
 
 
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