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Critical Fire Weather for a Large Part of the Central U.S.; Areas of Severe Thunderstorms

Gusty to high winds and low relative humidity will bring elevated to critical fire weather across large parts of the Great Plains and more localized parts of the Great Basin and central Rockies Thursday into Friday. Severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging wind gusts are possible over the central Plains Thursday into this weekend. Read More >

Despite mild fall temperatures, the overall pattern is expected to trend cooler through the winter. The early portion of winter may not be as harsh as the latter half, when the probabilities for cooler than normal temperatures increases.

Chances depict that wetter than normal conditions could pan out over Lower Michigan. The result of cooler than normal temperatures and above normal precipitation may lead to snowfall amounts that also end up above normal.