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Fire Weather Concerns and Severe Weather

Dry and breezy conditions will bring elevated to critical fire weather conditions across portions of the northern and central High Plains through this weekend, where fuels remain largely receptive. Severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall are possible from the Plains into the Upper Midwest, as well as in the Ohio Valley and portions of the Mid-Atlantic through this weekend. Read More >

Increasing clouds with a chance of showers will be seen today, with cooler afternoon highs in the upper 60s/low 70s. Rain amounts will be light, under a tenth of an inch. An active weather pattern will remain through much of the week, leading to daily chances of storms.
Isolated severe storms are possible Monday and Tuesday during the afternoon and early evening hours each day. There remains considerable uncertainty in available instability and amount of cloud cover that may limit overall coverage and severity of potential storms.
Active weather pattern to bring several rounds of showers and storms this week leading to an elevated risk of flooding in areas that see repeating storms. Total rain amounts over 2” are likely, with some localized 4” amounts possible by Thursday!