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Severe Weather and Heavy Rain Along the Central Gulf Coast; Pacific Storm in the Northwest

Showers and thunderstorms pose a risk for a couple of tornadoes, occasional damaging gusts, and some scattered flash flooding along the central Gulf Coast. A Pacific storm system continues to bring gusty winds, lower elevation rain, and hazardous mountain snow to the northwestern U.S.. Read More >

NWS Jackson, KY Incident Meteorologists (IMETs) have deployed to wildfires in Colorado, Idaho, Washington, California, and Oregon during 2021 and provided weather support to incident management teams during what has been a very active season. Curious what the role of an IMET is on a wildfire? See the image below or go to https://www.weather.gov/news/imet-article