Heat Builds in the West; Extremely Critical Fire Weather in the Northwest

A heat wave over the Southwest will intensify this week, peaking and expanding into the Intermountain West and northern High Plains this weekend. Critical to extremely critical fire weather conditions are forecast from the Northwest and the northern Great Basin this weekend. Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warnings have been issued. Read More >

Very Strong to Damaging winds expected over portions of north-central Wyoming tonight.

Peak wind gusts of 55 to 70 mph are expected across portions of north-central Wyoming tonight. The strongest winds are anticipated to occur during the overnight hours. Winds will generally be from the southwest or west, causing an extreme blow over risk for high profile or light-weight vehicles especially on north to south oriented roadways, including Highway 120.

Here are wind gust reports from the last 24 hours ending around 9:15am today (February 19th).

Here is our most recent graphics created about the ongoing weather situation:


Current High Wind Warning locations. Click to Enlarge	Forecast Maximum Wind Gusts through Saturday morning. Wind gusts over 60 MPH are expected. Click to Enlarge

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Heat Builds in the West; Extremely Critical Fire Weather in the Northwest

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