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Severe Thunderstorms in the Southeast U.S.; Critical Fire Weather in the Central and Southern Plains

Scattered severe thunderstorms remain possible this afternoon and evening across parts of southern Georgia into north and west-central Florida. Both damaging winds and a few tornadoes may occur. Gusty to high winds and low relative humidity will bring critical fire weather to the central and southern Plains today into Tuesday. Read More >

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 DATE                                        MONDAY 02/16/26                         TUESDAY 02/17/26
 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        BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   OV   OV   BK   BK   OV   OV   BK   BK   OV
 CLOUD COVER (%)    65   70   70   85   90   85   80   70   75   75   65   65   70   75   65   65   70
 TEMPERATURE        31   27   26   26   26   26   24   25   21   16   13   13   13   14   15   17   17
 MIN/MAX TEMP                           23                  27                  12                  20
 WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W
 WIND (MPH)          5    5    5    6    9   11   14   14   14   12   11   12   13   13   16   14   11
 WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                                      
 PRECIP PROB (%)    40   20   30   80   80   80   90   60   80   90   80   80   90   90  100  100   80
 PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.02      0.06      0.25      0.13      0.08      0.10      0.10      0.08
 6 HOUR SNOW                 0.2       0.7       3.0       1.6       1.1       1.4       1.4       1.2
 6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  5.6  5.3  5.2  5.1  5.0  4.4  3.8  2.8  2.3  1.3  0.5  0.6  0.7  0.5  0.7  1.1  1.2
 
 

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