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Fire Weather in the Central and Southern Plains; Pacific Storms Impacting the West

Gusty to high winds and low relative humidity will bring elevated to critical fire weather to the central and southern Plains into Wednesday. Two Pacific storms will impact the western U.S. into Wednesday with gusty winds, low elevation rain, and heavy mountain snow. Read More >

BLUE MOUNTAINS (4,000 FT TO 6,000 FT)
 
 DATE                    TUESDAY 02/17/26                        WEDNESDAY 02/18/26                 
 TIME (LT)          04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04
                    4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   
 
 CLOUD COVER        SC   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC   SC   BK
 CLOUD COVER (%)    40   25   45   65   75   80   80   85   85   80   85   80   60   45   40   50   60
 TEMPERATURE        22   21   27   30   29   26   24   23   21   20   23   25   25   21   20   19   18
 MAX/MIN TEMP                           31                  20                  26                  17
 WIND DIR           SW    S    S   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW    S    S    S
 WIND (MPH)          5    6    9    8    5    3    3    4    4    5    8    8    6    4    4    5    5
 WIND GUST (MPH)              26                                                                      
 PRECIP PROB (%)    10   10   20   50   50   60   70   70   80   80   80   80   30   30   30   30   50
 PRECIP TYPE                   S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.01      0.04      0.05      0.04      0.06      0.04      0.01      0.00
 6 HOUR SNOW                 0.1       0.6       0.6       0.6       1.0       0.7       0.2       0.0
 6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  1.2  1.1  1.8  2.2  2.2  2.0  1.7  1.2  0.6  0.3  0.5  0.9  1.2  0.9  0.7  0.6  0.5
 
 

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