...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TUESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT
FOLLOWED BY GUSTY WINDS OVERNIGHT...

.SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY EVENING AND MOVE ACROSS
THE COLUMBIA BASIN OVERNIGHT.  THESE STORMS WILL CARRY A LOW
CHANCE FOR WETTING RAINS.  GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT FROM LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 673 AND 674...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN
COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST
WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674).

* THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS (LAL 3) CAPABLE OF
ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND IGNITIONS.

* OUTFLOW WINDS: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF OUTFLOW WINDS
OF 40 MPH OR GREATER. AS THE STORMS CLEAR EAST...GUSTY WINDS
WILL DEVELOP WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS
TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS: NEW IGNITIONS IN THE CURED GRASSES COULD SPREAD
RAPIDLY FROM THE COMBINATION OF OUTFLOW WINDS NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS AND STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING WITH THE TRAILING
COLD FRONT.

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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