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Fire Weather Concerns in the South-Central U.S.; Heavy Precipitation in Northern California and the Great Lakes

Strong winds and dry conditions will promote elevated to critical fire weather conditions across southeast Colorado into the southern Plains and extending into the Ozarks. An atmospheric river will bring heavy rain and a flash flood threat to northern California and heavy mountain snow in the Cascades and Northern Rockies. A clipper system will bring heavy snow to the Great Lakes. Read More >

BLUE MOUNTAINS (4,000 FT TO 6,000 FT)
 
 DATE                    TUESDAY 02/24/26                        WEDNESDAY 02/25/26                 
 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        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   CL
 CLOUD COVER (%)   100   95   95   95   95   90   90   90   80   70   35   30   20   20   15    5    5
 TEMPERATURE        36   35   36   37   38   37   37   35   31   29   30   33   32   28   27   26   25
 MAX/MIN TEMP                           38                  28                  34                  24
 WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW   SW   SW
 WIND (MPH)          3    3    4    5    5    6    9   11   12   12   13   12   12    8    6    6    6
 WIND GUST (MPH)                             24   31   35   36   37   39   37   36   27   24          
 PRECIP PROB (%)   100   90   90   50   70   90   90   80   50   50   20   20    5    5    0    0    0
 PRECIP TYPE         R    S    R    R    R    R    S    S    S    S    S    S                         
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.30      0.14      0.16      0.23      0.04      0.00      0.00      0.00
 6 HOUR SNOW                 0.2       0.0       0.0       0.7       0.5       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)  5.6  5.4  6.0  6.6  6.7  6.2  5.4  4.4  3.5  2.5  2.3  2.8  2.9  2.5  2.3  2.3  2.2
 
 

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