Fire Weather Concerns in the Intermountain West into the Plains

Anomalously warm, dry and breezy conditions will bring elevated to critical fire weather conditions across portions of the Intermountain West into the Plains though early this week. Another elevated risk is possible across the central Appalachians. A rapid warm-up is in the forecast beginning Monday across the central and eastern U.S.. Read More >

A Puget Sound Convergence Zone (PSCZ) forms when strong westerly winds flow around the Olympic Peninsula and converge over Puget Sound. It generally forms north of Seattle, and may move southward to as far as Boeing Field or SeaTac Airport. A PSCZ can cause a narrow band of convective precipitation along it, which can include rain showers, thunderstorms, or snowfall. Strong south to southwest winds are to the south of the PSCZ and north to northwest winds to the north. More model information for the winds around SeaTac can be found on the SeaTac Wind Page .


Hover over or click station to get METAR and TAF (if available)	Wind Barbs, PIREPs, Radar, 10nm Range Rings, all sites except CWOP
354 FTUS46 KSEW 310300 AAA TAFSEA TAF AMD KSEA 310300Z 3103/0106 35013KT P6SM SCT150 FM310600 02007KT P6SM BKN100 FM311200 04005KT P6SM OVC040 FM311700 05004KT P6SM OVC250 FM312100 27007KT P6SM OVC200=
907 FTUS46 KSEW 302332 TAFBFI TAF KBFI 302332Z 3100/3124 32010KT P6SM SCT150 FM310600 01004KT P6SM BKN100 FM311100 VRB02KT P6SM OVC250 FM311700 20004KT P6SM BKN250=

911 FTUS46 KSEW 302332 TAFPAE TAF KPAE 302332Z 3100/3124 33006KT P6SM FEW250 FM310600 33005KT P6SM BKN250 FM311200 36004KT P6SM OVC100 FM311700 09005KT P6SM BKN250=

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Fire Weather Concerns in the Intermountain West into the Plains

Puget Sound Convergence Zone