ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
   FNUS22 KWNS 291831

   Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook  
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   0131 PM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026

   Valid 301200Z - 311200Z

   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...

   No changes are necessary from the previous Day 2/Friday outlook
   issuance. With recent and forecast widespread precipitation across
   several regions of the CONUS, remaining areas with the driest
   vegetation (especially across portions of the South) will see
   downward trends in fire danger.

   ..Stearns.. 10/29/2026

   .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1223 AM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026/

   ...Synopsis...
   Fire weather concerns will remain low on Day 2/Friday. The western
   half of the CONUS will be categorized by amplified upper troughing,
   while a mid-level shortwave trough and entrained tropical remnants
   bring precipitation to the central/southern Plains. Upper ridging
   will continue for one more day across the Southeast, but departing
   surface high pressure and the lifting shortwave trough will allow
   moisture to gradually permeate the lower MS River Valley where the
   driest fuels exist.

      

   ZCZC SPCFWDD38 ALL
   FNUS28 KWNS 282132

   Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook  
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   0432 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2026

   Valid 301200Z - 051200Z

   A high amplitude trough will remain over the Pacific Northwest
   through at least Day 4/Saturday before nudging eastward, leaving
   much of the western third of the CONUS under increased cloud cover,
   below-normal temperatures, and periodic precipitation in the
   meantime. Farther east, a ridge building over the central CONUS will
   begin to transit eastward ahead of the aforementioned trough,
   promoting above-normal temperatures over and east of the Great
   Plains. Meanwhile, a shortwave trough is expected to pass through
   the Southwest and the southern Plains on Day 3/Friday and Day
   4/Saturday. As the large trough over the northwestern CONUS begins
   to move eastward, it will drag with it cooler-than-normal
   temperatures and another round of widespread precipitation across
   much of the CONUS early next week. This will drop ERCs across the
   board even lower headed into next week.

   One area likely to experience little to no rainfall accumulation
   through Day 6/Monday will be central/southern OR and northern CA.
   However, given the recent and forecast cool and wet conditions over
   the western CONUS, areas most likely to experience northerly surface
   winds combined with low RHs also have ERCs at or below their 50th
   percentile. Areas with the driest antecedent conditions (generally
   over the lower MS River corridor) are anticipated to receive
   beneficial precipitation. Thus, any threat of significant fire
   weather remains low and will trend even lower by next week.

   ..Stearns.. 10/28/2026