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 >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Airport (KIEN)

Lat: 43.03° N Lon: 102.52° W Elev: 3330 ft.

Fair

27°F

-3°C

Humidity 89%
Wind Speed W 3 mph
Barometer 29.88 in (1014.5 mb)
Dewpoint 24°F (-4°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Last update 26 Feb 6:52 am MST
Detailed forecast for

Northern Oglala Lakota

Today
Sunny. Highs around 60. West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Tonight
Clear. Lows in the lower 30s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
Friday
Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. West winds 10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows around 20. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the evening.
Saturday
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow. Highs in the mid 40s. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow. Lows 15 to 20.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of snow in the morning. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance of snow 20 percent.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of snow after midnight. Lows in the lower 20s. Chance of snow 20 percent.
Monday
A slight chance of snow in the morning. Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
Tuesday
Becoming partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.
Wednesday
Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s.



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