Red Flag Warning

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY 703,704,705 FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.Additional showers and storms will track through Northern Washington and North Idaho this morning with a decreasing trend from south to north. Dry and breezy conditions will develop in portions of central Washington Friday afternoon. A sharp wind shift from south to west will impact the Waterville Plateau Friday evening.

* Affected Area: Northern and Central Idaho Panhandle (Zone 101) and Selkirk Mountains of Northeast Washington (Zone 700).

* Thunderstorms: Scattered thunderstorms through Friday morning. Rainfall amounts up to a tenth of an inch possible, with locally higher amounts where multiple storms move over the same area.

* Outflow Winds: Gusty and erratic thunderstorm outflow winds up to 30 mph will be possible through Friday morning.

* Impacts: New fire starts from lightning. New and existing fires could be impacted by gusty outflow winds.