National Fire News

Hot temperatures will continue across the Plains into the Lower and Middle Mississippi Valley today with highs near 100°F. Across the Southern Plains, RH is expected to lower to 15-25% with locally breezy south winds gusting to 20-25 mph. Tropical Storm Edouard will continue to track across southeastern Texas and weaken, bringing thunderstorms, locally heavy rain, and strong gusts to the area, with some areas on the periphery of the storm possibly experiencing thunderstorms and strong winds without much rainfall, increasing fire risk. Scattered to widespread thunderstorms will also develop across much of Florida as well as the Lower Great Lakes and Northeast. In the West, widespread breezy southwesterly winds develop along the Sierra Front, across the Great Basin, and into the West Slope, Wyoming, and western Montana, with particularly dry conditions across southern inland California and across Nevada, with minimum RHs of 5-20% are expected. Breezy conditions are also expected in the northwest into western Montana, however cooler weather with developing rain will moderate conditions. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are possible across the northern Great Basin into the Northern Rockies, mostly with wetting rain, however mixed wet/dry storms are possible across eastern Montana. Across the southwest and Four Corners, isolated mixed wet/dry thunderstorms are possible.