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Fire Weather Concerns for the Plains; Record Warmth Spreads

Dry and breezy conditions prevail across the High Plains where elevated to locally critical conditions continue through today. Meanwhile, record warmth increases and spreads across the South, Southwest and into southern California into this last weekend of February. Meanwhile, a fast moving system moves across the central Plains then off the mid-Atlantic by this evening. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 1:30:11 pm PST

Windy conditions are expected across the higher terrain Friday afternoon with gusts of 30 to 45 mph over the East Slopes of the Washington Cascades and portions of the Northwest Blue Mountains. High chances (70-90%) for gusts of 25 mph or higher for the Simcoe Highlands extending through the Foothills-Blue Mountains of Washington.