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#WaWildfires Updates
(8/19/23, 8:30 a.m.) Multiple fires in eastern WA have forced thousands to evacuate. Red Cross shelters are open to support:
๐Spokane Falls Community College
3410 W Whistalks Way Spokane, WA
๐Riverside High School
4120 E Deer Park Milan Road Chattaroy, WA
#GrayFire Spokane County declaring a state of emergency as of noon. Please honor Level 3 evac, not doing so is hindering response. Power still out in parts of Medical Lake. 185+ structures lost.
#GrayFire 9,500 ac, 0% containment, many structures lost and one confirmed fatality. Problematic weather for fire fighting. Red Cross evac site moved to SFCC, large animals welcome at the Spokane Fairgrounds.
It cut my long-winded video off early, but we should have yield numbers soon to quantify how well it did. If you have any questions on what we tried on this field leave me a comment or DM. Happy to share our strategy. @redoxgrows#dikap#efficiency#sweetcorn
We now have areas of D4 (Exceptional) Drought within our forecast area. This is the first time that a portion of Washington has been under D4 Drought since the Drought Monitor began in 2000. #wawx#idwx
The Feb-June precipitation ranking maps are in, with more record dryness showing up over the region. Spokane Feb-June 2021 precip: 1.51". Previous record 2.11" (1924). Normal is 7.24"! #wawx#idwx#drought
๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐น๐น-๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐๐. This time the "honor" goes to Wenatchee. They just saw the mercury surge to 114ยฐF! This shatters the old record of 109F at the Pangborn Airport which goes back to 1959. #wawx
Here's the max temperature forecast through Thursday. Several days with widespread temperatures over 100 degrees are expected. Stay safe everyone! #wawx#idwx