Full Notification

* Affected Area: Fire Weather Zone 101 Northern and Central Idaho Panhandle (Zone 101) and Fire Weather Zone 674 East Washington Palouse and Spokane Area (Zone 674).

* Thunderstorms: Isolated thunderstorms today. Thunderstorms shifting out of eastern Washington by Tuesday afternoon. A second lightning event with scattered thunderstorms late Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Brief rain expected with thunderstorms.

* Winds: West to southwest 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph on Tuesday increasing on Wednesday 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. Gusty outflow winds are possible near thunderstorms.

* Relative Humidities: 14 to 25 percent in the valleys and 25 to 38 percent in the mountains for Tuesday and on Wednesday, 9 to 22 percent in valleys and 25 to 35 percent in the mountains.

* Impacts: Thunderstorms containing only light rain amounts may lead to several new fire starts. Breezy winds may lead to fire spread of any new or existing fires especially on Wednesday.

* AFFECTED AREAS: IDAHO PALOUSE ... EASTERN WASHINGTON EAST COLUMBIA BASIN

Instructions:

A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.