Critical Fire Weather in the High Plains; Heavy Rain and High Winds in Hawaii

Gusty winds and low relative humidity will bring widespread critical fire weather today across the central and southern High Plains. Heavy rain and thunderstorms may bring flooding to Hawaii through today. High winds across the islands may result in high surf, power outages, property damage, and difficult travel. Read More >

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MONDAY AFTERNOON: Red Flag Warning Some Counties

Expecting another day of well above normal temperatures to start the new work week, with Monday high temperatures in the 70s across the entire area. There is the potential for near critical fire weather conditions during the afternoon hours, with gusty west to southwest winds expected. Dry conditions continue into mid week, with cooler highs more in the 50s. Rain chances return to the forecast for Thursday and Friday.

Due to unseasonably-warm temperatures (highs in the 70s), somewhat-breezy winds (gusts up to around 25 MPH some places), and low relative humidity (RH) area-wide (as low as at least 15-20%), our ENTIRE forecast area is considered to have "near-critical" wildfire conditions today. The most favorable areas to see winds gusts to at least 25 MPH for at least 3 hours this afternoon are: 1) in our far northern forecast area (Valley/Greeley/Sherman/Howard counties) and...2) also our far southern forecast area (Rooks/Osborne/Mitchell counties). As a result, these are the only counties in our forecast area under formal Red Flag Warnings.