Fire Weather Concerns in the Southern Plains and Southeast; Pacific System to Bring Unsettled Weather to the West Coast

Gusty winds and dry conditions will continue to bring elevated to critical fire weather conditions to the southern Plains and Southeast early this week. A Pacific storm system will bring low elevation rain and heavy high elevation mountain snow to northern and central California through early week, expanding into the Pacific Northwest, Great Basin, and southern California on Tuesday. Read More >

Precipitation Chances Through Monday

Is There A Warm Up In Sight?

The next round of precipitation over the forecast area kicks off this morning across central and south central South Dakota, spreading north and east as the day wears on. There may be a few breaks in the rainfall between today and Monday evening. Overall, up to a half inch of rainfall is expected across north central South Dakota, while 0.50in to 1.50+in of rainfall is anticipated over central into northeast South Dakota and west central Minnesota. For specific precipitation probabilities for your area, check out: https://www.weather.gov/crh/pqpf?sid=abr

Normal temperatures this time of year are in the upper 50s to mid 60s. Unfortunately, the forecast is not giving us those kinds of high temperatures until out at the end of the week into next weekend. We are expecting upper 40s to upper 50s to continue through almost the end of this week. Lows are expected to be near to slightly below normal until this upcoming weekend.

Fire Weather Concerns in the Southern Plains and Southeast; Pacific System to Bring Unsettled Weather to the West Coast

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