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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 >

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Last Map Update: Sat, Mar 22, 2025 at 9:04:36 pm CDT

Aside from breezy conditions in the northern half of our region Saturday afternoon, a warm and sunny weekend is ahead of us!
An upper-level weather system is expected to bring showers and thunderstorms back to the region by the middle to end of the week. The best chance of rainfall is for areas across the southern and eastern portions of the area. Exact rainfall amounts and any severe weather potential remains uncertain. Stay tuned for details.
Damaging winds and significant blowing dust impacted most of the area on Tuesday March 18th. Damaging winds and near zero visibility was reported across portions of Southeast New Mexico and the Permian Basin. Isolated wind damage, road closures, and a few accidents were a result of these damaging winds and blowing dust.

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