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KEY MESSAGES

- Elevated to critical fire weather conditions through at least early next week due to winds, low RH, and unstable conditions, with hot temperatures the next few days.

- Widespread smoke and haze likely today, then improvement from Friday onward as the flow becomes more westerly.

- Hot temperatures with widespread moderate to locally major HeatRisk today and Friday.

AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY/

MVFR and potentially lower conditions are forecast, generally in the mornings into the afternoon hours due to smoke from area wildfires. Some improvement has been occurring during the later afternoon and evening hours.

Winds are generally 10 kts or less.

FIRE WEATHER

Winds are expected to increase Friday and Saturday and become more westerly and conditions will become elevated to critical as a result. These increased winds, together with the low RH values, warmer temperatures and unstable conditions have increased concerns and prompted the issuance of fire weather watches. By Sunday, temperatures decrease a bit and winds do also, though diurnal breezes will remain through midweek.

Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs

PDT 97 61 97 61 / 0 0 0 0 ALW 98 67 99 67 / 0 0 0 0 PSC 98 60 100 62 / 0 0 0 0 YKM 98 63 100 63 / 0 0 0 0 HRI 99 64 99 65 / 0 0 0 0 ELN 96 63 95 63 / 0 0 0 0 RDM 99 54 98 52 / 0 0 0 0 LGD 100 60 100 60 / 0 0 0 0 GCD 100 59 100 59 / 0 0 0 0 DLS 99 64 96 64 / 0 0 0 0

PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

WA...Air Quality Alert until 5 AM PDT Tuesday for WAZ024-026>030- 521>523. Fire Weather Watch from Friday morning through Saturday evening for WAZ690. OR...Air Quality Alert until 5 AM PDT Tuesday for ORZ041-044-049- 050-502-503-505>511. Fire Weather Watch from Friday morning through Saturday evening for ORZ691-703. Fire Weather Watch from Saturday morning through Saturday evening for ORZ701-702.