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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 >

These photos were taken by an NWS Forecaster. They show the ice that had formed on Hangman/Latah Creek during the cold snap but has now broken up and floating downstream.

Ice breakup on Hangman Creek

Ice breakup on Hangman Creek

Ice breakup on Hangman Creek

Ice breakup on Hangman Creek