Areas of Severe Thunderstorms, Critical Fire Weather, and HeatRisk for Monday

Isolated severe thunderstorms with locally damaging wind gusts and hail are possible Monday across parts of the Southeast U.S. Elevated to critical fire weather including gusty winds and low relative humidity is forecast Monday over much of the northern Great Plains. Above normal temperatures in the Southeast and Southwest U.S. will bring moderate to isolated major HeatRisk Monday. Read More >

Elevated Wildfire Danger Friday

Volunteer Precipitation Observers Needed

An elevated fire danger is likely tomorrow, especially along and north of M 46 in areas east of US 131. Winds out of southwest will gust to 25 to 35 mph in the afternoon. Minimum relative humidity's will fall into the low to mid 30s in the afternoon. Those conditions, along with drying fuels will allow for an elevated fire danger through Friday May 15th, 2026.

Precipitation reports from volunteers are used daily to assess the quality of precipitation forecasts but also to help improve both weather and hydrologic forecasts. The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) consists of volunteers who measure rainfall once each morning using a simple, manual plastic gauge and who also take snow measurements in the winter. These volunteers have measured anywhere from 6"-10" of rain this month in southern Michigan, with higher amounts further north. One volunteer near Wellston has recorded 13.74" of rain so far.

Areas of Severe Thunderstorms, Critical Fire Weather, and HeatRisk for Monday

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