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Tropical Moisture Brings Slight Risk of Excessive Rainfall to the Southwest; Strong to Locally Severe Storms on the Plains

Heavy rain and flash flooding are possible across portions of the Southwest through Friday, where Flood Watches are in effect. Strong to locally severe thunderstorms are possible today across portions of the Plains. A tropical wave is causing heavy rainfall in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, which may cause urban and small stream flooding and landslides today. Read More >

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 DATE                    THURSDAY 09/18/25                       FRIDAY 09/19/25                    
 TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                    5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   
 
 CLOUD COVER        FW   CL   CL   FW   SC   BK   BK   SC   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC
 CLOUD COVER (%)    10    5    5   25   40   50   60   50   70   45   30   30   30   35   30   30   30
 TEMPERATURE        49   49   58   63   60   52   51   51   51   51   60   63   62   53   51   50   49
 MAX/MIN TEMP                           64                  49                  64                  47
 WIND DIR            E   SE    S    N    N    N    W   SE    W    S   SE   NW   NW    W    W   SW   SW
 WIND (MPH)          3    3    4    4    5    4    4    3    3    3    3    3    4    2    5    6    8
 WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                                      
 PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    5    5    5    5    0    0    5    5    5    5    0    0    0
 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) 11.1 10.9 10.8 11.4 11.7 11.9 11.9 11.8 11.8 11.7 11.7 12.0 12.2 11.8 11.7 11.2 11.1
 
 

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