National Fire News

Elevated to critical fire weather conditions are expected in southwest and south Texas today due to gusty west- northwest winds amid relative humidity of 5-25% behind a dry cold front. Another round of elevated to critical conditions are likely Sunday – Monday on the southern High Plains into Big Bend and southern and central New Mexico due to strong winds overlapping low relative humidity. Minimum relative humidity will drop below 40% on portions of the Florida Peninsula today with breezy southwest winds. Dry and breezy post-frontal conditions are likely in portions of the Deep South today as well. Parts of the Gulf and Southeast Coasts are likely to receive little to no precipitation into next week. Upper-level troughing will develop over the northwestern CONUS bringing widespread and heavy precipitation to the Pacific Northwest along and west of the Cascades through northern California this weekend into early next week, including heavy snow and strong winds in the Sierra. Precipitation, mostly snow, will spread across the northern Intermountain West, northern Plains, and Great Lakes tonight into early next week as well. Temperatures are likely to be below normal for the West and above normal in much of the southern and eastern CONUS this weekend into early next week before below normal temperatures spread across much of the CONUS mid to late next week. Precipitation will return to portions of the southern and central Plains and Southeast mid to late next week.