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Heavy Precipitation in the West; Wintry Mix in the North; Fire Weather in the High Plains

Pacific moisture will continue to bring locally heavy coastal/lower elevation rain and heavy mountain snow to the West Coast and portions of the Intermountain West through Monday. A wintry mix will create hazardous travel across the northern Plains and Upper Midwest into early Monday. Dry, gusty winds are resulting in elevated to critical fire weather in the south/central High Plains. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Sun, Jan 4, 2026 at 2:26:56 pm CST

Above normal temperatures, reduced afternoon relative humidities and increased southerly winds will combine to raise fire weather concerns on Sunday and Monday. Continue to monitor forecasts for updated fire weather conditions.
A storm system will bring a medium chance for rain and a low chance of thunderstorms, mainly Wednesday night into Thursday.
December 2025 ended well above normal temperature-wise and well below normal precipitation-wise for Tulsa, Fort Smith and Fayetteville. All three sites set all-time record highs for the month on the 27th and Fort Smith and Fayetteville both finished with their record driest Decembers on record.
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