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Heat and Fire Weather Concerns in the West; Excessive Rainfall Possible in the South-Central U.S.

Heat will build over the Intermountain West and the Southwest the next couple of days. Lightning from dry thunderstorms can create new fire starts and combined with gusty winds may cause a fire to rapidly grow in Oregon and northern California. Flash flooding will be possible in New Mexico and west Texas today, as well as parts of the southern and central Plains due to slow moving thunderstorms. Read More >

Safety Information

NWS Safety Tips: http://www.weather.gov/safety/
Watch Warning Advisory Explained: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/

National Centers

Storm Prediction Center: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/
Climate Prediction Center: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/
Weather Prediction Center: http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/model-guidance-model-area.php
Aviation Weather Center: https://aviationweather.gov/
NCEP Winter Weather: http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wwd/winter_wx.shtml
River Forecast Centers: https://water.weather.gov/ahps/rfc/rfc.php
Ocean Prediction Center: http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/
Space Weather Center: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
Nat. Hurricane Center: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov
Cntrl Pac. Hur. Center: http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/
Typhoon Warning Center: http://www.usno.navy.mil/JTWC/


Computer Weather Models

Real Time Weather: http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/
NCEP Models: http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/model-guidance-model-area.php
HRRR Model: http://ruc.noaa.gov/hrrr/
ECMWF Model: http://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts
RAP Model: http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/model/
WPC QPF Page:​ http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/qpf2.shtml
TC Models: http://www.ral.ucar.edu/guidance/realtime/current/
Rapid Refresh: http://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/


Numerical Computer Model Guidance

NWS MOS Guidance: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/synop/products.php
GFS-LAMP MOS: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/gfslamp/gfslamp.shtml


National Government Agencies

NWS National Page: https://www.weather.gov
U.S. Forecast Service: http://www.fs.fed.us/
U.S. Geological Service: http://www.usgs.gov/
UCAR Wx Education:​ http://scied.ucar.edu/weather
​COMET​: http://www.comet.ucar.edu/