National Fire News

An upper-level trough will move from the Front Range to the East Coast through the weekend and bring widespread precipitation from the eastern Plains to the East Coast, with the heaviest precipitation in the Appalachians to the East Coast and snow in the northern Plains. Breezy and dry southwest winds will create elevated to locally critical conditions across the southern High Plains today before winds diminish this weekend. Dry conditions are forecast on much of the Plains to the East Coast next week, but rain is likely to develop over the southern High Plains as an upper low moves into the Southwest. Overall, much the West will remain dry this weekend into next week with near to above average temperatures. However, scattered snow showers are forecast in the central Rockies today and a fast-moving upper trough will move into the Northwest and northern Rockies Sunday into Monday with light to moderate rain in the lower elevations and snow above 5,000 to 7,000 feet. Snow showers are forecast across much of the southern half of Alaska today into Saturday followed by a brief break before another upper trough brings more precipitation to southwest and south-central Alaska mid- next week. A weakening front will bring light showers to the western Hawai’ian Islands today with light to moderate trade winds returning Sunday and continuing into mid-next week.