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Fire Weather in the Central and Southern Plains; Pacific Storms Impacting the West

Gusty to high winds and low relative humidity will bring elevated to critical fire weather to the central and southern Plains into Wednesday. Two Pacific storms will impact the western U.S. into Wednesday with gusty winds, low elevation rain, and heavy mountain snow. Read More >

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 DATE                                        TUESDAY 02/17/26                        WEDNESDAY 02/18/26
 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   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   OV
 CLOUD COVER (%)    65   65   60   70   75   70   65   65   65   70   70   70   70   70   60   55   70
 TEMPERATURE        18   13   12   12   13   13   14   16   17   13   11   11   10   11   14   17   17
 MIN/MAX TEMP                           11                  17                   9                  19
 WIND DIR            W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W   SW    W    W    W    W
 WIND (MPH)         16   14   12   14   16   14   16   12    9    6    5    6    9    9   12   16   14
 WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                                      
 PRECIP PROB (%)    70   20   10   70   70   50   70   70   70   80   50   50   60   60   90   90   80
 PRECIP TYPE         S    S         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.07      0.12      0.15      0.09      0.04      0.02      0.03      0.06
 6 HOUR SNOW                 0.9       1.6       2.1       1.1       0.6       0.3       0.4       0.9
 6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  2.1  0.9  0.5  0.5  0.7  0.5  0.9  1.0  0.9  0.5  0.2  0.2  0.4  0.4  0.7  1.3  1.5
 
 

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