NORTHWEST FIRES

INITIAL ATTACK
New fires: 9 fire for 35 acres
Oregon: 2 fires for 1 acre
Washington: 7 fires for 34 acres

NEW LARGE FIRES
None

WEATHER SYNOPSIS
A Pacific cold front moved onshore late last night and at daybreak this morning the active portion of the front was in central Washington. Showers and wet thunderstorms are accompanying the front. By early afternoon the front should be out of the region heading eastward. Next weather system still on tap for Saturday lasting through the weekend. This system is expected to give a pretty decent wetting rain region-wide. A warming and drying trend still expected for next week as high pressure builds back into the Pacific northwest.

LARGE FIRE POTENTIAL
Lightning in eastern Washington will result in some elevated IA activity today but the storms are wet so pose little problem for new large fires. A stronger weather system will bring a wetting rain raising fuel moistures region-wide as dryngess levels move into the “green”. overall the large fire potential is expected to be Low region-wise for the next 7 days especially after today.