FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280, 281, AND 284. The National Weather Service in Medford has upgraded the Fire Weather Watch to a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 2 PM to 8 PM PDT Monday. Another Fire Weather Watch has also been issued. This Fire Weather Watch is in effect from Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS. Given the long stretch of dry and hot and very conditions, lightning efficiency will be high to very high for fire starts. Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. * AFFECTED AREA. All of Fire Weather Zones 280, 281, and 284. * THUNDERSTORMS. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms. Lightning strikes outside of precipitation cores are possible, and cause for concern. * OUTFLOW WINDS. Gust up to 35 mph. These outflow winds can travel up to 50 miles away from the thunderstorm that caused it. * ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. Storms will tend to be isolated to start then increasing during the afternoon into the early evening hours both Monday and Tuesday. Thunderstorms are expected to trend wetter later in the afternoon and early evening both Monday and Tuesday, but remain a mix of wet and dry storms. * DETAILED URL. View the hazard area in detail at https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?wfo=mfr
