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Areas of Fire Weather and Severe Thunderstorms through the Weekend

Dry, windy conditions will bring elevated to critical fire risks to the northern Plains today, and southern High Plains and the Southwest through the weekend. Severe thunderstorms capable of large to very large hail, wind damage and tornadoes will be possible today and Saturday across parts of the central Plains. Read More >

Fig. 8. KMAF base reflectivity loop from 1828 to 1938 UTC shows convection associated with one of Claudette’s outer rainbands moving over the McDonald Observatory. This convection likely generated the relatively stronger winds noted on the Mount Fowlkes meteogram between 1830 and 1930 UTC.