National Fire News

Elevated fire weather conditions will persist across areas of the Southwest and southern Great Basin due to strong winds, dry conditions, and very warm temperatures. Minimum relative humidity will fall to 5-15% across Arizona, Utah, and Nevada, with southwest winds 10-20 mph and gusts to 30-35 mph across exposed terrain and ridges, with the strongest winds in southern Nevada, southwest Utah, and northwest Arizona. A cold front will approach the Pacific Northwest on Friday, with breezy west winds from the Columbia Basin to Sierra Front creating areas of elevated conditions as minimum relative humidity falls to 10-20%. Unseasonable warmth will spread from Upper Midwest into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, with dry conditions along much of the East Coast as relative humidity falls to 20-35%. However, scattered showers and thunderstorms will move through the Great Lakes providing some relief from the recent dry conditions, mainly across Wisconsin and Lower Michigan. Mild and dry conditions will continue across Alaska today, but winds will be lighter across southwest and south-central Alaska, generally less than 10 mph. When a Predictive Services Discussion is not available, refer to the following standard products: National Predictive Services Outlook National Weather Service, Storm Prediction Center: Fire Weather Outlook Map and discussion National Weather Service: Fire Weather Hazards Map National Weather Service, Weather Prediction Center: National Forecast Chart and Short Range Forecast Discussion 6 Minutes for Safety topics can be found here.