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Heat the Southwest; Fire Weather in the Central U.S.; Kona Low Impacting Hawaii

A rare March heat wave is ongoing with much above-normal temperatures over the Southwest U.S. through this weekend. Periods of critical fire weather will persist from the central Rockies to the central and southern Plains through the weekend as gusty winds and low relative humidity continue. A Kona low will continue to bring several rounds of moderate to heavy rainfall to Hawaii through Sunday. Read More >

Fig. 13. This loop combines visible satellite imagery and the regional warning radar mosaic with surface observations from 16 July 2003 1531 UTC to 17 July 2003 0115 UTC. Claudette is seen moving west-northwest from northern Mexico across west Texas.