Gusty winds and very dry conditions will lead to a critical to extremely critical fire weather threat over portions of the Central and Southern Plains Thursday. Critical fire weather continues through Friday. Moderate to heavy mountain snow and strong winds will expand into the Northern Rockies Thursday, then into Colorado by Friday. Up to a foot of snow accumulation is possible. Read More >
Dendritic Layer (Omega * PW * RH) OPRH The product of vertical motion, precipitable water, and relative humidity in the dendritic growth layer. Values will be most negative (favorable for snow growth) where strong ascent coincides with saturation in the dendritic growth layer. |