NORTHWEST FIRES

INITIAL ATTACK
New fires: 48 fires for 45 acres
Oregon: 1 fires for 0 acres
Washington: 47 fires for 45 acres

NEW LARGE FIRES
None

RED FLAG WARNINGS and WATCHES
None in effect

WEATHER SYNOPSIS
A stationary cold front sitting just of the coast will intensify and move inland on Saturday. This will be followed by a strong upper trough for Sunday and Monday. This should result in a wetting rain for much if not all of the region over the weekend. A gradual warming and drying trend will take place next week getting back to quite warm and dry conditions by about Thursday.

LARGE FIRE POTENTIAL
The new large fire potential should remain low through the next 7 days as rain invades the Pacific Northwest this weekend. This will moisten up fuels considerably and will not likely approach dry conditions again until later next week. Slightly elevated IA activity is likely over the weekend due to scattered thunderstorms through they will be accompanied by rainfall and don’t pose a large fire threat.