National Preparedness Level 5

as of August 10 at 4:00 pm MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5)

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This report will be updated Monday through Friday.
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August 23, 2017

Firefighters are making progress on the 42 large fires burning in eight western states and Louisiana.. More than 18,600 firefighters and support personnel are assigned to wildfires. Managers are preparing for predicted weather conditions across the West.

Weather: Scattered thunderstorms will form across much of the West from Oregon and the Sierras, across the Great Basin, and to the central and southern Rockies. Most storms will produce some rainfall but amounts will vary with most being light. Locally heavy rain is possible in the Four Corners states. High pressure will drop into the center of the country, brining drier weather to the northern and central Plains while pushing a cold front into the South and toward the Ohio Valley. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will form along the front from West Texas to New England. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will also form across the Southeast. Temperatures will cool across the Midwest, the Great Lakes, and New England. Warm to hot weather will remain in the South and across much of the West. A cold front approaching the Northwest will drop temperatures along the Cascades.

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California (6)
Idaho (2)
Louisiana (1)
Montana (11)
Nevada (2)
Oregon (12)
Utah (1)
Washington (6)
Wyoming (1)