Below is a composite radar/satellite image from Wunderground over Oregon.  As you can see, there is potentially some thunderstorms approaching the central Oregon area. 

Here is the Wunderground composite radar/inferred satellite image for 8/6/2016 at 18:24.  As you can see the central part of Oregon is having a great sunny day, but not so much to the east in Idaho.

I have updated the Google Earth image of yesterday's wildfire starts as of 16:00 PDT.  It now includes today's starts and the current designations instead of lat/long designations.

Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1035 PM PDT FRI AUG 5 2016

...SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY...

.SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS
CENTRAL OREGON...AND WILL TRACK NORTH EAST OVERNIGHT. THE EASTERN
MOUNTAINS ARE FAVORED FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...WHERE
INSTABILITY IS GREATEST...AND HAINES IS A HIGH 5. THERE IS ALSO A
SLIGHT CHANCE ACROSS THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS AND EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN...BUT THERE IS CONSIDERABLE
UNCERTAINTY DUE TO DIFFERING MODEL GUIDANCE AND A PROFOUND LACK OF
MOISTURE IN THESE AREAS. ANY STORMS COULD PRODUCE ABUNDANT
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...WITH MINIMAL RAIN. ALTHOUGH
BRIEF DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNDER STORM CORES...IN GENERAL...
LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED. ADDITIONALLY...
SURFACE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE VERY LOW THIS EVENING...AND
WINDS WILL BECOME BREEZY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF
THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN. ANY NEW LIGHTNING FIRES HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY DUE TO VERY DRY FUELS AND GUSTY WINDS.

A SECOND WAVE ASSOCIATED WITH A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
BRING MORE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...AND POSSIBLY
THE WASHINGTON COLUMBIA BASIN...SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

ORZ640-061500-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160806T1500Z/
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
1035 PM PDT FRI AUG 5 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR
DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS...

* TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND
  SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS COULD PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT.

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY...2 TO 3...AND POSSIBLY 6.

* PRECIPITATION...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

Good evening, we had some dry thunderstorms roll through this evening and we had a few new wildfire starts.  I do not have much information on any of the fires at this time, but here is an image I took of the locations of new wildfire starts for August 5th 2016.

Good morning, as most of you know, we had a lot of thunderstorm activity yesterday.  We had 3 major thunderstorms roll through and these and other storms ignited many new wildfires.  Well we are not out of the woods yet.  More thunderstorms are expected today and s of 6 am I am tracking thunderstorms over the Cascades north of Bend.  It will not be long until storms start developing east of the Cascades and we start taking more lightning.  

We are under a RED FLAG WARNING issued by the National Weather Service for today through 5 pm.  

73, and everyone be safe.

Carroll - KF7ELY

Red Flag Warning Today and Tomorrow

Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
729 AM PDT TUE JUL 22 2014

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING TODAY AND
WEDNESDAY...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE AREA WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE
WETTING RAIN...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WHICH COULD
START NEW FIRES IN VERY DRY FUELS. STORMS WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING
OVER CENTRAL OREGON AROUND MID-DAY AND THEN MOVE NORTH AND EAST
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD POTENTIALLY
LAST THROUGH THE NIGHT IN SOME PLACES. AS THE LOW MOVES INLAND ON
WEDNESDAY...OCCASIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING.

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ610...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES
  OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES. IN ORZ611...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611
  DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST MINUS -SISTERS RANGER DISTRICT. IN
  ORZ640...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 640 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON.

* TIMING...STORMS WILL DEVELOP AROUND MID-DAY AND OCCASIONAL
  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH OUTFLOW
  WINDS AROUND 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL.

* PRECIPITATION...THERE WILL BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY STORMS WITH
  ANYWHERE FROM A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH TO OVER ONE QUARTER
  OF AN INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE.

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY
  RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

73,

Carroll - KF7ELY