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Tracking Areas of Fire Weather, Winter Weather, and Severe Weather Thursday

Continuation of gusty winds and low relative humidity will additional periods of critical fire weather to the southern Plains Thursday and Friday. Another Pacific storm will continue gusty winds and heavy snow over the western mountains into Thursday. Severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of the middle Mississippi into lower Ohio Valleys Thursday afternoon into early evening. Read More >

Wed, Feb 18, 2026 @ 6:50 AM PST - Here are the latest 24 hour snow amount forecasts for today and Thursday. Snow levels will be as low as 1,500 to 2,500 feet across the region until Thursday evening. Mainly light accumulations will occur at these elevations.
There is a general risk for thunderstorms, mainly for Thursday afternoon and evening (Feb 19, 2026), across much of our region. Small hail, gusty winds, brief heavy rainfall, and frequent dangerous lightning expected.

 

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