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Critical Fire Weather in the Southern High Plains; Heavy Snow in the Great Lakes and Northeast U.S.

Gusty winds and low relative humidity will bring critical fire weather to the southern High Plains Friday. A winter storm will track across the Great Lakes and Northeast U.S. Friday into Saturday with areas of wintry mix and heavy snow from northern New York through southern Maine. Read More >

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 DATE                                        FRIDAY 02/20/26                         SATURDAY 02/21/26
 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   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK   OV   OV   BK   BK   OV   BK   OV   OV
 CLOUD COVER (%)    70   55   40   35   30   30   35   55   65   85   80   60   65   75   65   75   70
 TEMPERATURE        19   14   10   10   10    9   18   21   22   17   17   17   16   19   23   27   28
 MIN/MAX TEMP                            7                  23                  16                  28
 WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW   SW    S    S    S    S    S    S   SE   SE
 WIND (MPH)          8    6    6    8    8    8    9    8    8    6   11   13   17   18   19   21   21
 WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                     35   37   40   42
 PRECIP PROB (%)    50    5   10    0    0    0    0   10   10   20   40   40   60   60   50   50   30
 PRECIP TYPE         S         S                        S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.03      0.01      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01      0.03      0.01
 6 HOUR SNOW                 0.5       0.2       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.2       0.3       0.1
 6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  2.1  1.4  0.8  0.4  0.3  0.7  2.0  2.2  2.3  2.0  2.0  2.1  1.9  2.2  2.9  3.8  4.4
 
 

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