National Fire News

A fast-moving storm will move through the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic today, with mixed precipitation and snow, with rain on the southern extent from the Upper Ohio Valley to North Carolina. Meanwhile, a deep storm will move through the West today and tomorrow with valley rain and mountain snow, with the heaviest snow falling in the Sierra and central Rockies. As this storm moves onto the Plains, it will push a strong but mainly dry cold front southward this weekend, with areas of elevated conditions in breezy northerly winds behind the front on the southern Plains. As the storm continues to move east into Monday, it will redevelop and strengthen over the Great Lakes and Northeast with mixed precipitation, while light to moderate rain falls in the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys to the Carolinas. Breezy and dry northerly winds behind the cold front may bring areas of elevated conditions to the northern Gulf Coast Tuesday. After the storm moves through the West, a drier period is expected with strong valley inversions while mountain temperatures are above normal much of next week. An upper-level low may move into southern California and the Southwest late next week with showers, with a weak atmospheric river into the Northwest. Very cold temperatures will persist across Alaska for the next week with local areas of snow, and gusty winds for south-central Alaska. Trade winds will weaken across Hawai’i this weekend with isolated showers, with more uncertainty next week with a potential transition to a wetter pattern.