The National Weather Service release a red flag warning concerning a combination of wind, low humitdity and dry fuels.
Winds are expected to gust to 36 mph with highs to 78.
Red Flag Warning
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
556 AM PDT THU SEP 11 2014
...CRITICAL COMBINATION OF WIND...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS
EXPECTED TODAY AND FRIDAY...
.AN EAST WIND EVENT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS A PORTION OF WESTERN
WASHINGTON TODAY. EAST WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED FRIDAY...BUT WIND
SPEEDS WILL BE A BIT LESS THAN TODAY. IN SOME PORTIONS OF THE
WARNED AREA...FUELS ARE STARTING OUT ONLY MARGINALLY DRY...BUT A
SINGLE DAY OF DRY WIND WILL PUSH FUELS...ESPECIALLY LIGHT
FUELS...INTO THE CRITICALLY DRY CATEGORY.
WAZ649>651-654-655-657-659-661-112100-
/O.CON.KSEW.FW.W.0007.140911T1300Z-140913T0000Z/
NORTH AND CENTRAL COASTAL STRIP-NORTH COASTAL LOWLANDS-
CENTRAL COASTAL LOWLANDS-CENTRAL AND SOUTH PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-
BLACK HILLS AND SOUTHWEST INTERIOR LOWLANDS-
WEST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL CASCADES-CENTRAL CASCADES-
EAST PORTION OF THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS-
556 AM PDT THU SEP 11 2014
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 649... 650...651...
654...655...657...659 AND 661...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 649...650....651...654...
655...657...659 AND 661. THIS INCLUDES THE PUGET SOUND
LOWLANDS FROM SILVERDALE AND SEATTLE ON SOUTH. IT ALSO
INCLUDES THE CASCADES FROM ABOUT ENUMCLAW AND STAMPEDE PASS ON
SOUTH. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE EAST SIDE OF THE OLYMPIC
MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS THE NORTHWEST OLYMPIC PENINSULA AND THE
CHEHALIS GAP.
* WIND...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PEAK IN STRENGTH AROUND
EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON TODAY. NEAR THE CASCADES AND OVER THE
NORTHWEST OLYMPIC PENINSULA...WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE. OVER THE PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS AND IN THE CHEHALIS
GAP...WIND GUSTS AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON THIS
AFTERNOON AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 TO 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO ACTIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF SPREAD.
