National Fire News

Breezy conditions persist in the Cascade gaps, the northern Great Basin, and portions of the central/northern Rockies, with gusts up to 30 mph, though winds are lighter than Saturday in eastern Washington and much of eastern Oregon. Isolated mixed wet/dry thunderstorms will pose a risk for new ignitions from the eastern Sierra through the central Great Basin to the West Slope due to hot temperatures (95-102°F) and low RH (5-15%). Similarly, isolated mixed wet/dry thunderstorms are forecast in the southern Great Basin to northern Arizona, though higher RH minima (10-25%) will help to reduce overall ignition efficiency. Wetter storms will be scattered near and south of the Mogollon Rim into southeast California, while mostly isolated mixed wet/dry storms occur in and near the higher terrain of Colorado and New Mexico. A particularly active area of thunderstorms may set up across the northern Plains to the western Great Lakes. Thunderstorms will continue along the northern Gulf Coast, the Southeast, and Florida, but will be more isolated along the Lower Mississippi River Valley. Maximum temperatures will be at or above 100°F in the southern Plains for the sixth consecutive day. Warm, dry conditions in eastern Alaska, with elevated fire potential in the Upper Tanana Valley. Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands continue to experience hot, dry, and breezy conditions.