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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 >

BLUE MOUNTAINS (4,000 FT TO 6,000 FT)
 
 DATE                                        SATURDAY 03/21/26                       SUNDAY 03/22/26
 TIME (LT)          17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17
                    5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   
 
 CLOUD COVER        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   SC   FW   FW   FW   CL   CL   FW   FW   SC   SC   BK
 CLOUD COVER (%)    75   80   75   85   90   85   50   20   15   10    5    5    5   20   30   30   55
 TEMPERATURE        59   50   47   45   42   38   38   42   41   35   32   29   27   28   40   45   46
 MIN/MAX TEMP                           37                  43                  26                  46
 WIND DIR           NW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW   SW    W    W    W
 WIND (MPH)          8    5    4    5    6    6    8    9    9    5    4    3    3    3    3    4    4
 WIND GUST (MPH)    26                       24   26   26   27                                        
 PRECIP PROB (%)     5   10   10   60   80   50    0    0    0    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 PRECIP TYPE                        R    R    S                                                       
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.02      0.15      0.01      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
 6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  9.5  9.5  9.2  8.5  7.9  5.8  4.5  4.4  4.2  3.5  2.9  2.5  2.1  1.8  2.9  3.9  4.5
 
 

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