Areas of Washington, Oregon and northern California are under Red Flag Warnings today. Some locations in northern California and southern Oregon (see map above) can expect “abundant lightning” on Tuesday, while portions of northern Oregon and Washington will experience strong winds and low humidities.
The map above was current as of 9:40 a.m. MDT on Tuesday. Red Flag Warnings can change throughout the day as the National Weather Service offices around the country update and revise their forecasts and maps. For the most current data visit this NWS site or this NWS site.
The northeast California and northwest Nevada areas shown in the map below can expect thunderstorms on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Below is an excerpt from the Ashland, Oregon Daily Tidings, published Monday night at 8:58 p.m.:
Triple-digit heat broke records Sunday and today, and the National Weather Service warns that expected lightning this week could start multiple fires in southwestern Oregon and Northern California. Monday’s record high for Medford for June 8 — 101 degrees set in 1955 — was smashed at a whopping 105 degrees. Sunday’s 101-degree high also toppled a record, set in 1926 at 98 degrees.
Ashland’s high of 97 tied the record high for the date.
The scorching conditions, coupled with lightning-laden thunderstorms expected in portions of southwestern Oregon and Northern California Tuesday and Wednesday, prompted the weather service to issue a red-flag warning for 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday.
