Fire Weather Watch

...BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY SATURDAY...

.A weather system will bring widespread breezy westerly winds through the Cascade gaps and across the Columbia Basin and portions of the Blue Mountains region on Saturday afternoon and evening. Coupled with low relative humidity, this may lead to critical fire weather conditions.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 695 East Washington South Central Cascade Mountains.

* TIMING...From this evening through Saturday afternoon.

* WINDS...West 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 40 percent.

* IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.