ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
   FNUS22 KWNS 260709

   Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook  
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   0209 AM CDT Sun Apr 26 2026

   Valid 271200Z - 281200Z

   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND
   THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...

   ...Synopsis...
   Dry and breezy conditions will persist across portions of the
   southern High Plains on Monday, supporting another day of Elevated
   to Critical fire weather concerns. The upper wave currently
   approaching the Southwest is forecast to quickly eject across the
   Plains and into the Midwest late Sunday into Monday. As this occurs,
   a surface cyclone will migrate into the upper MS River Valley by
   Monday evening with a trailing cold front pushing south across the
   Southern Plains. Ahead of the front, 15-20 mph westerly winds will
   be common across the southern High Plains and into portions of OK
   and TX. 

   Little to no moisture recovery will support another day of 5-15% RH
   minimums over a region with dry fuels. Consequently, widespread
   elevated fire weather conditions appear likely. Although the primary
   synoptic low will be increasingly displaced from the region through
   late afternoon, residual strong winds within the boundary layer will
   likely support areas of 20-25 mph winds with gusts upwards of 30
   mph. Based on latest ensemble guidance, a corridor of sustained 20
   mph winds appears likely roughly along portions of the I-40 corridor
   from eastern NM into the TX Panhandle. Given this ensemble signal
   and some recent fire activity within this corridor, Critical
   highlights were introduced.

   ..Moore.. 04/26/2026

      

   ZCZC SPCFWDD38 ALL
   FNUS28 KWNS 252126

   Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook  
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   0426 PM CDT Sat Apr 25 2026

   Valid 271200Z - 031200Z

   ...Synopsis...
   A lingering subtropical jet and lee surface troughing will continue
   to bring dry and breezy conditions and resultant adverse fire
   weather concerns to portions of the Southwest and Southern Plains
   Days 3-4/Monday-Tuesday. Upper-level troughing deepens across the
   eastern U.S. by midweek, while a surface low and cold front provides
   much needed rainfall for portions of the Southeast and Mid Atlantic.
   Another upper-level short wave reaches the Southwest on Day
   6/Thursday, while a surface low evolves ahead of this mid-level
   feature across west TX. This would support widespread rainfall
   across NM and much of the Southern Plains on Thursday night into Day
   7/Friday morning, as low-level moisture makes marked westward
   progress well into eastern NM, mitigating the fire weather threat
   across the region.

   ...Day 3-4/Monday-Tuesday - Southwest and Southern Plains...
   A fire weather threat will persist across portions of the Southwest
   and Southern Plains Days 3-4/Monday-Tuesday as robust, 55-65 knot
   mid-level flow from the west-southwest continues over this region
   early next week. Subsequent lee surface troughing in concert with
   deep layer westerly winds aloft will support dry, westerly flow and
   fire weather concerns across much of NM and the southern High Plains
   where broad 40% probabilities were largely maintained.

   At the surface, a cold front should sweep southward east of the
   Continental Divide midweek. Latest forecast guidance still suggests
   an improving fire weather scenario unfolding across the Southern
   Plains by the Day 6-7/Thursday-Friday time frame. Widespread
   rainfall is possible across much of the Southern Plains and into
   portions of the Southwest ahead of an advancing upper-level trough
   moving into northern Mexico Thursday night into Friday. A troughing
   pattern across the eastern U.S. should similarly ameliorate, at
   least temporarily, fire weather concerns for the Appalachians,
   Southeast and Mid-Atlantic as a cold front and attendant
   precipitation push through the region.

   ..Williams.. 04/25/2026