Weather

A fast moving fire which started last night on the Hanford Reservation has grown to 15,000 acres burned over night.

According to information released by Incident Commander Tony Gilmer, the Powerline Fire near Mattawa has been mostly contained, and no structures lost.
The blaze was first reported about four miles north of Mattawa, near Vantage. Winds pushed the fire up  to the east towards the Saddle Mountain …

I received this email from KID as a residential customer and it explains the schedule for those residents that are voluntarily following the watering schedule. Here are the details on the irrigation shortfall.

Despite a lot of snow in the mountains, especially late, and a lot here, we just didn't get the snowpack needed.

The National Weather Service is saying that the storm could contain small hail and gusty winds. Winds could reach up to 25 MPH.

Remember how many days last summer we were told not to go outside because the air quality was so bad? Expect more of the same.

Lightening is likely to start a wildfire, which is predicted to burn fast due to dry weeds.

Warm weather paired with cold fronts are expected to glide by, creating winds and high fire danger.

It may seem Japan is on the other side of the world (and technically it is), but when an earthquake strikes we do need to be concerned in the Pacific Northwest!

The National Weather Service has issued a RED flag warning for Tri-Cities. That means the risk of starting a fire is very high due to weather conditions.

Fire now moving towards containment, say officials.

Level 3 evacuations for Smyrna, a small unincorporated area of homes south of Royal City. Beverly, Schwana, also being threatened.