National Fire News

Gusty south winds with locally elevated conditions are possible over portions of eastern New Mexico and west Texas today with low relative humidity also forecast over much of central Texas and Oklahoma. A moderate to strong Santa Ana wind event will begin today across southern California and continue into Saturday with above normal temperatures, low relative humidity, and northeast wind gusts up to 70 mph. After lighter offshore winds into Monday, another Santa Ana event is possible for the middle of next week. Another period of elevated to locally critical conditions is possible across west Texas next Monday into Tuesday as well. Low pressure will move through the Southeast today with rain for much of Georgia and Florida while rain changes to freezing rain and snow over the Carolinas. Light valley rain and mountain snow is also forecast for much of the Rockies into the Southwest today into Saturday. Periods of light snow are expected this weekend into mid- next week for the northern Plains, Great Lakes, and Northeast. Low pressure is likely to develop over the Gulf of Mexico and bring locally heavy rain to the Gulf Coast with rain spreading over much of the Southeast and Mid- Atlantic by mid-next week. Much of the West is forecast to be dry with temperatures near to above normal. Temperatures are forecast to be below normal for much of the CONUS east of the Rockies with much below normal temperatures for the Great Lakes and Northeast.