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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
338 PM PDT SUN SEP 14 2025
WAZ655>659-151200-
/O.CON.KSEW.FW.A.0005.250916T1200Z-250917T0600Z/
BLACK HILLS AND SOUTHWEST INTERIOR LOWLANDS-
NORTHEAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS GENERALLY BELOW 1500 FEET-
SOUTHEAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS GENERALLY BELOW 1500 FEET-
WEST SLOPES OF THE NORTH CASCADES GENERALLY ABOVE 1500 FEET-
WEST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL CASCADES GENERALLY ABOVE 1500 FEET-
338 PM PDT SUN SEP 14 2025
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 655, 656, 657, 658, AND 659...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 655 BLACK HILLS AND
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR LOWLANDS, FIRE WEATHER ZONE 656 NORTHEAST
PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS GENERALLY BELOW 1500 FEET, FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 657 SOUTHEAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS GENERALLY BELOW 1500
FEET, FIRE WEATHER ZONE 658 WEST SLOPES OF THE NORTH CASCADES
GENERALLY ABOVE 1500 FEET AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 659 WEST
SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL CASCADES GENERALLY ABOVE 1500 FEET.
* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...25 TO 30 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...A COMBINATION OF MODERATE BREEZES, LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY, AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO RAPID RATES
OF SPREAD AND DOWN-WIND SPOTTING ON EXISTING FIRES. IF A FIRE
WERE TO BEGIN, AIR QUALITY MAY DIMINISH IN THE SURROUNDING
AREA.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...WINDS WILL BE GREATEST ALONG THE GAPS OF
THE CASCADES, MAINLY FOR AREAS NORTH OF THE GIFFORD PINCHOT
NATIONAL FOREST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. MONITOR THE FORECASTS FOR
POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.
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