National Fire News

Widespread elevated to critical fire weather conditions due to strong winds and low relative humidity will develop today on much of the southern and central Plains into the Ozarks and Lower Missouri Valley. Dry and windy weather will continue through the weekend on the southern High Plains and portions of the Southwest before expanding across much of the southern and central Plains Monday and Tuesday, with elevated to extremely critical fire weather conditions and moderate to high-risk significant fire potential expected in these areas. Moderate and potentially high-risk significant fire potential is likely tomorrow in Virginia and North Carolina due to strong winds and low relative humidity, but it is conditional on thunderstorms and showers dissipating over the region today into tomorrow morning. Dry post-frontal conditions are expected from central and east Texas into portions of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Deep South tomorrow and along and east of the Appalachians Sunday. Little to no rain and periodic low afternoon relative humidity are forecast for Florida. Widespread severe weather is expected from the Midwest through the Mississippi, Lower Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee Valleys through tonight. Heavy rain will accompany some of these storms, with heavy rain and snow across portions of the Great Lakes as well. Another round of precipitation, mostly snow, is expected for northern half to two-thirds of the West this weekend into early next week. Heavy snow and blizzard conditions are possible for portions of the northern Plains into the western Great Lakes early to mid-next week, and severe weather and heavy rain are possible early to mid-next week from the Mid-Mississippi and Ohio Valleys into the Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Lower Mississippi Valley.