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Fire Weather Threat in the Plains; Pacific Storm to Impact the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies

Elevated to critical fire weather conditions will persist across large portions of the central and southern Plains today. A Pacific storm will continue to bring wet weather to the low elevations of the Pacific Northwest, and heavy mountain snow to the northern Rockies this weekend. Read More >

Balloons are released by NWS Flagstaff meteorologists twice a day (around 4am and 4pm) to measure the pressure, temperature, dewpoint, and winds through the atmosphere. For more information about the NWS upper-air program and to learn how to read the plot below, click here.

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