National Fire News

An upper trough will cross the Pacific Northwest, Northern Great Basin, and Northern Rockies today, bringing scattered, fast-moving thunderstorms with little rainfall to parts of the area, as well as breezy west to southwesterly winds. This weather will result in critical conditions across parts of northern and eastern Washington, the northern Idaho Panhandle, eastern Oregon, northeast California, and northwest Nevada. Highs in the low to mid 90’s are forecast across the Intermountain West, increasing to 100 to 115 over southeast California and southern Arizona. The hot temperatures will coincide with relative humidity levels of 15 to 25%, lowering to near 10% in the Desert Southwest. Gusty winds are expected in the afternoon throughout the Great Basin and into eastern Washington and Oregon, as well, northeastern California. Farther east, the main weather concern will revolve around the unwavering heat across the Southern Plains. High temperatures in this area will peak in the 90s to 110F with relative humidity values dropping into the mid-teens to mid 20s. Scattered mixed wet/dry thunderstorms are expected to develop in the Greater Four Corners and Great Basin, as well as over the Southern Plains into the Lower Mississippi Valley.