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Fire Weather Concerns and Severe Weather

Dry and breezy conditions will bring elevated to critical fire weather conditions across portions of the northern and central High Plains through this weekend, where fuels remain largely receptive. Severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall are possible from the Plains into the Upper Midwest, as well as in the Ohio Valley and portions of the Mid-Atlantic through this weekend. Read More >

Temperatures will be cooler across the Sandhills into north central Nebraska, with highs in the 60s and 70s. Winds will be out of the southeast around 15 to 25 mph this afternoon with gusts of 35 mph or greater. A chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight with lows in the 50s and 60s.