Fire Weather Concerns for the Plains; Record Warmth Spreads

Dry and breezy conditions prevail across the High Plains where elevated to locally critical conditions continue through today. Meanwhile, record warmth increases and spreads across the South, Southwest and into southern California into this last weekend of February. Meanwhile, a fast moving system moves across the central Plains then off the mid-Atlantic by this evening. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 2:30:09 pm MST

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More record warmth is on its way for the Borderland for Thursday, February 26.

Temperatures will be 10-20 degrees above normal for late Feb/early March! Many lowland locations will see highs in the 80s.

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Fire Weather Concerns for the Plains; Record Warmth Spreads

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