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Critical Fire Weather in the Southern High Plains; Heavy Snow in the Great Lakes and Northeast U.S.

Gusty winds and low relative humidity will bring elevated to critical fire weather conditions to the southern High Plains through the weekend. A winter storm will track across the Great Lakes and Northeast U.S. into Saturday with areas of wintry mix and heavy snow from northern New York through southern Maine. Read More >

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 DATE                                        SATURDAY 02/21/26                       SUNDAY 02/22/26
 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   OV   BK   BK   BK   SC   SC   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV
 CLOUD COVER (%)    85   90   85   80   80   85   85   70   65   70   40   45   55   60   65   75   85
 TEMPERATURE        22   18   18   19   20   21   22   25   27   25   24   23   23   24   28   30   31
 MIN/MAX TEMP                           17                  27                  22                  32
 WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    S    S   SE   SE    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
 WIND (MPH)          5    8   12   16   18   18   19   21   21   21   24   26   27   26   26   26   21
 WIND GUST (MPH)                             35   37   40   42   43   47   51   54   52   57   52   43
 PRECIP PROB (%)     0    5   40   50   70   50   40   20   30   40   40   40   60   60   80   80   90
 PRECIP TYPE                   S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.23      0.28      0.08      0.01      0.01      0.05      0.13
 6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       3.4       3.8       0.9       0.1       0.1       0.5       1.3
 6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  2.8  2.5  2.6  3.0  3.2  3.4  3.9  4.4  4.4  3.9  3.6  3.6  3.9  4.2  5.0  5.6  5.8
 
 

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