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Critical Fire Weather Persists in the Southern High Plains; Snow in the Great Lakes into the Northeast

Elevated to critical fire weather conditions will persist across the central and southern High Plains today as gusty winds and dry conditions continue across the region. A clipper system will bring some lake effect snow to the Great Lakes and snow into the Northeast. Well above-average temperatures are expected to expand across much of the West, into the Plains states, and Southeast. Read More >

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 DATE                    WEDNESDAY 02/25/26                      THURSDAY 02/26/26                  
 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   BK   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   SC
 CLOUD COVER (%)    75   75   60   35   30   25   20   30   35   55   60   50   55   60   65   55   50
 TEMPERATURE        25   24   24   27   26   19   17   16   17   18   30   33   32   25   25   25   24
 MAX/MIN TEMP                           28                  13                  34                  23
 WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
 WIND (MPH)         12   10   10   11   10    8    6    8    8    6    5    8    9    8    9    9    9
 WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                                      
 PRECIP PROB (%)    40   30   20    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5    5
 PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S                                                                      
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.03      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 6 HOUR SNOW                 0.4       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)  4.9  4.3  4.0  4.0  3.9  2.7  1.7  1.5  1.6  1.8  2.7  3.7  4.3  3.3  3.2  3.4  3.5
 
 

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