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Fire Weather Concerns for a Large Part of the Central U.S.; Severe Weather in the Central Plains

Dry and windy conditions will bring widespread fire weather concerns to the northern/central Plains and portions of the Southwest into the southern Plains. Severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging wind gusts are possible over the central Plains today into this weekend. Rain and high elevation snow is expected over parts of the Cascades and Northern Intermountain Region through Saturday. Read More >

Slow-Moving Weather System Produces Widespread Heavy Rain

A slow-moving weather system produced impressive rainfall totals across western and central Wyoming between Wednesday night and Saturday night. Wednesday night saw heavy rain fall across the far western valleys and mountains, and from Sweetwater County north into Fremont County. Late Friday and Friday night saw widespread heavy rain, especially across northern Wyoming. The rain continued in these areas through early Saturday afternoon before tapering off by sunset Saturday. In addition to the heavy rain, colder temperatures in the mountains allowed for snow to fall. The heaviest snow fell in the Bighorn Range, where amounts ranged from 4 inches at 7800 feet to 15 inches near 9800 feet.

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A sampling of 72-hour rainfall totals between
Wednesday night and Saturday
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