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Early Spring Heat Wave in the Southwest U.S.; Critical Fire Weather in the Central Rockies and Plains

An unusual early Spring heat wave will continue much above-normal temperatures over the Southwest U.S. through early next week. Periods of critical fire weather will persist from the central Rockies to the central Plains through the weekend as gusty winds and low relative humidity continue. Read More >

WALLOWA MOUNTAINS (8,000 FT TO 9,000 FT)
 
 DATE                                        FRIDAY 03/20/26                         SATURDAY 03/21/26
 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        SC   SC   SC   FW   FW   SC   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   SC   SC
 CLOUD COVER (%)    30   40   30   20   20   30   30   55   65   65   65   75   80   80   70   50   30
 TEMPERATURE        50   44   43   44   43   44   51   53   52   45   41   40   38   37   38   37   36
 MIN/MAX TEMP                           41                  54                  36                  40
 WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W   NW    W   NW   NW
 WIND (MPH)         14   13   13   16   16   16   17   17   17   13   12   12   13   14   17   18   19
 WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                                      
 PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5    5   20   20   70   70   60   60   20
 PRECIP TYPE                                                           R    S    S    S    S    S    S
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.02      0.01
 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)  8.9  9.0  9.2  9.7  9.5  9.3  9.4  9.7  9.9  9.9  9.6  9.1  8.4  7.5  7.0  5.8  5.2
 
 

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