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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 >

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 DATE                                        SUNDAY 03/22/26                         MONDAY 03/23/26
 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        FW   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV
 CLOUD COVER (%)     5   25   35   30   40   35   30   55   80   80   70   55   60   60   65   65   80
 TEMPERATURE        36   28   26   25   23   26   38   43   43   36   34   33   31   31   41   45   44
 MIN/MAX TEMP                           22                  45                  30                  46
 WIND DIR            W    W    W   NW   NW    S    S   SE    E   NW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
 WIND (MPH)         11    5    3    2    2    3    5    6    6    5    3    3    3    3    3    6   10
 WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                                      
 PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   10
 PRECIP TYPE                                                                                          
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      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)  5.4  3.7  3.1  2.8  2.7  3.9  5.6  6.4  6.4  5.7  5.7  5.7  5.2  4.8  5.7  6.6  7.2
 
 

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