The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for much of Eastern Washington including Spokane. A Red Flag warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occuring now or willl occur shortly. A combination of strong offshore winds and low relative humidity with high tempatures will make for explosive fire growth potential.
Winds out of the south and southwest will gradually increase throughout the day before switching to the northwest. Sustained wind speeds of 15 to 20 mph are expected with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Humidity readings "in the teens will result in critical fire weather conditions for several hours late this afternoon an especially during the evening hours," according to the warning by the National Weather Service.
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