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Critical Fire Weather in the High Plains; Heavy Snow in the Western Mountains and Northern Plains

Gusty winds and low relative humidity will bring critical fire weather to the central and southern High Plains Wednesday. Two Pacific storms will continue impacting the mountains of the western U.S. into Thursday with gusty winds and heavy snow. Heavy snow and gusty winds will continue to impact the northern Plains into the central Great Lakes Wednesday. Read More >

ANTHONY LAKES AREA (8,000 FT TO 10,000 FT)
 
 DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 02/18/26                      THURSDAY 02/19/26
 TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                    4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   
 
 CLOUD COVER        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   SC   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV
 CLOUD COVER (%)    85   80   85   80   80   80   70   70   55   45   55   60   60   75   70   80   80
 TEMPERATURE        19   17   15   14   13   12   13   16   15   12   10   10   11   11   16   18   18
 MIN/MAX TEMP                           11                  17                   9                  20
 WIND DIR            S   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW   SW   SW    S    S    S   SE    S    S
 WIND (MPH)         13    9    8   11   12   13   13   12   10    9   10   11   11   11   12   10   10
 WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                                      
 PRECIP PROB (%)    80   60   60   50   60   30   20   70   30   40   40   40   60   60   80   80   60
 PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.25      0.11      0.06      0.05      0.04      0.01      0.02      0.09
 6 HOUR SNOW                 4.3       1.8       1.0       0.9       0.7       0.2       0.3       1.5
 6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  2.7  2.4  1.7  1.1  0.8  0.5  0.9  1.0  0.9  0.8  0.6  0.4  0.6  0.6  1.1  1.5  1.6
 
 

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES --- 
CODE   TYPE
 T     THUNDERSTORMS
 R     RAIN
 S     SNOW
 I     SLEET
 Z     FREEZING RAIN