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Record Warmth Lingers; Fire Weather Concerns; Unsettled Pacific Northwest

More record warm temperatures are forecast this week from California, Southwest, Plains then into the Mississippi Valley and Southeast. The warmth combining with dry conditions may result in elevated to locally critical fire weather conditions. Meanwhile, another Pacific system will move across the Pacific Northwest with lower elevation rain and mountain snows. For Hawaii, conditions improving. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 7:20:25 pm CDT

Elevated fire weather conditions are expected in the Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains, Davis and Sacramento Mountains Foothills, and Culberson and Eddy County Plains from 2 PM CDT /1 PM MDT/ this afternoon to 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ this evening. Please field- strip your cigarettes!
Highs today and Wednesday will average from around 20 to 25 F above normal, making it feel more like late May than late March.
The March heat wave has come to an end, at least temporarily. A few new records were set.

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