Fire Weather Watch - For the Black Hills & Southwest Interior Lowlands (Which includes south Mason County)

Event: Fire Weather Watch

For the Black Hills and Southwest Interior Lowlands (Which includes south Mason County)

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Scattered lightning expected for parts of western Washington from Friday afternoon through Sunday evening

An upper low off the northern California coast this afternoon will slowly lift north just off the Pacific Northwest coast, reaching the Washington coastal waters by Sunday evening. The low center will support thunderstorm development over the cascades each afternoon and evening from Friday through Sunday. On Friday night particularly, easterly steering flow may cause thunderstorms over the cascades to spread west into the southwest Washington interior during the late evening and overnight hours.

• Fire weather watch in effect from Friday evening through Saturday morning for scattered lightning for fire weather zone 655
• The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a fire weather watch, which is in effect from Friday evening through Saturday morning.
• Affected area: fire weather zone 655. This includes the southwest interior lowlands.
• Thunderstorms: scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop over the Cascades on Friday afternoon and evening, possibly spreading west into the southwest interior lowlands on Friday night and early Saturday morning.
• Wind: thunderstorms often produce gusty and erratic winds. The strongest wind gusts are frequently at the leading edge of a thunderstorm.
• Impacts: scattered lightning in dry fuels can cause multiple fire starts. Thunderstorms can also bring erratic and gusty winds to existing fires.
• Instructions: a fire weather watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible red flag warnings.