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Critical Fire Weather in the High Plains; Heat Continues in the West

Critical fire weather conditions will persist in the central High Plains through Friday as gusty winds and dry conditions continue. The heat wave across the West and Southwest will continue to intensify through the week, with daily and monthly record highs expected to be broken. Read More >

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 DATE                                        THURSDAY 03/19/26                       FRIDAY 03/20/26
 TIME (LT)          17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17
                    5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   
 
 CLOUD COVER        BK   BK   BK   FW   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK
 CLOUD COVER (%)    50   65   55   25   20   45   35   30   40   35   35   35   25   30   45   45   50
 TEMPERATURE        48   41   39   39   39   40   47   50   50   43   41   42   41   43   50   52   49
 MIN/MAX TEMP                           38                  51                  41                  53
 WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W
 WIND (MPH)         13   11   10   11   12   12   14   17   16   11   11   12   13   12   14   18   18
 WIND GUST (MPH)    31                            32   35   34                                 36   35
 PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5    5    5    5    5    5   20   20   50
 PRECIP TYPE                                                                               R    R    R
 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)  7.8  7.5  7.4  7.3  7.2  7.2  7.9  8.5 10.0 10.0  9.8  9.7  9.2  9.0  9.1  9.1  9.0
 
 

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