Weather Alert...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AGAIN ON TUESDAY... .Winds will be breezy across the Kittitas Valley, the eastern Columbia River Gorge, and the Lower Columbia Basin on Tuesday. Winds in combination with low humidity will cause rapid fire spread in dry grassy areas. * IMPACTS...The combination of gusty winds and low humidity will create issues for fire control in dry grassy areas. Stronger winds will occur in the Kittitas Valley and locally in the eastern Columbia River Gorge. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 02, 2022 02:37 UTC