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Extreme Fire Weather Concerns for the Western U.S.; Severe Weather and Flooding Threats for the Central U.S.

Extremely critical fire weather conditions are expected to develop across the Great Basin and Southwest today, and exceptionally dry and windy conditions will promote rapid wildfire spread through the weekend. Scattered severe thunderstorms and heavy rain are possible across parts of the Ozark Plateau into lower Ohio Valley and parts of the northern Rockies into adjacent Great Plains. Read More >

NWS State College Aviation Weather Discussion
.AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
Winds have started to decrease slightly across the forecast 
area this evening, which will promote fairly expansive low cloud
and/or fog formation across central Pennsylvania. Based on the 
12Z HREF 25th/50th percentile members outline all airfields 
outside of IPT with IFR-to-LIFR conditions. Main reason for 
leaning towards these members remains to be ample low-level 
moisture currently in place across the entire region and based 
on rainfall that has occurred across the area earlier. Recent 
GLAMP guidance hones onto this trend, thus moderate-to-high 
(60-80%) confidence in these conditions with timing being the 
main uncertainty at this time. GLAMP guidance remains fairly 
sparse in mentions at IPT; however, have included lower ceilings
due to current dew point depressions ~6F and heaviest rainfall 
along the I-80 corridor but slightly lower (~40-60%) confidence.

Fog/low cloud begin to mix out fairly quickly after sunrise on 
Sunday, with the bulk of IFR/LIFR mentions out by 15Z Sunday 
with light winds below 10 knots. Main concern in the later half 
of the TAF package will be some potential for SHRA/TSRA across 
mainly the southern half of the forecast area after 18Z. The 00Z
TAFs go against GLAMP guidance to include some mentions at all 
airfields outside of BFD/IPT with low-to-moderate (30-50%) 
confidence given the scattered nature expected of SHRA/TSRA. The
most recent HREF 1-hr lightning guidance does indicate lower 
(less than 30%) probabilities for TSRA, so have kept mentions 
out at this time. 

Outlook...

Mon-Thu...AM fog; otherwise VFR. Trending hotter with isold PM 
t-storms psbl. High density altitude concerns possible.

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