BOUNDARY COUNTY
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Alert: Red Flag Warning until 05:00PM Friday
A surge of monsoonal moisture combined with an approaching disturbance will bring isolated dry thunderstorms to extreme eastern Washington and the Idaho Panhandle late Thursday night and into Friday morning. This threat will end over the Palouse and Spokane area and the northern Idaho Panhandle late Friday morning. However, in the Idaho Panhandle mainly south of Interstate 90 thunderstorms will become wetter during the day Friday, but also increase in areal coverage to scattered. The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued a Red Flag Warning for thunderstorms, which is in effect from 11 PM this evening to 5 PM PDT Friday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.

* Affected Area: Fire Weather Zone 101 Northern and Central Idaho Panhandle (Zone 101).

* Thunderstorms: Isolated Thunderstorms with little or no rain will develop late tonight and continue into Friday morning north of Interstate 90. The thunderstorm threat wi ll continue south of Interstate 90 through Friday afternoon with storms becoming scattered and wetter during the afternoon.

* Outflow Winds: Local gusts to 30 mph tonight and to 40 mph Friday afternoon..

* Impacts: Lightning will efficiently ignite dry fuels around the region.

* AFFECTED AREAS: IDAHO PALOUSE
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