National Fire News

The closed and cold upper-level low that has been stalled across California will push eastward across the Columbia and Great basins and northern Arizona Friday. As it does so, showers are expected across the Pacific Northwest and gusty westerly winds are expected across the Cascades into the Columbia Basin. Critical fire weather conditions are forecast for portions of the Four Corners states due to gusty winds of 40-45mph and relative humidity 7-20%. There is a possibility of isolated, mostly dry thunderstorms in eastern Nevada, southern Utah, northwest Arizona, and southwest Colorado in the afternoon to evening. There is higher potential for thunderstorms further north and east across the mountains of Idaho and most of Montana as well as along the Front Range into the Central and southern High Plains southward to Texas. These storms are expected to be a mix of wet and dry. A slow-moving frontal boundary across the Central Plains extending southeast into Missouri and Arkansas to the Georgia and Florida east coasts will receive the most precipitation with a half of an inch to 1.5 inches likely. Temperatures will be most above normal across the northern Front Range of the Rockies, Upper Midwest, and Great Lakes, in the 80s to near 90F. Meanwhile, below normal temperatures are expected across the Southwest and California and much of Oregon and western Washington. A cold and fast moving, vigorous low-pressure system will clip across the Northeast with rain and even some mountain snow.