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Heat Persists Across the Central and Western U.S.; Fire Weather Concerns in the Rockies and High Plains

Record-breaking heat expected in the Central and Western U.S. for the next several days. Gusty winds and low relative humidity will create elevated to critical fire weather conditions over portions of the Rockies and High Plains Wednesday and Thursday. Rain and mountain snow are possible across the Pacific Northwest into the Rockies through Wednesday. Read More >

The (606) 666-8000 National Weather Service (NWS) phone number with access to observational, forecast, and climate information has been repaired. We apologize for any inconvenience that this outage has caused.

The following temporary phone number for the current observations, forecasts, and climate information will remain active for a few more days to ensure stability of the (606) 666-8000 line:

(606) 604-5055