Fire Weather Outlook Discussion
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
578 FNUS28 KWNS 222051 FWDD38 Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0249 PM CST Sat Nov 22 2025 Valid 241200Z - 301200Z ...Days 3-6/Monday-Thursday... A mid-level wave and attendant surface trough/frontal features will support showers and thunderstorms across the southern/central Plains on Day 3/Monday, with precipitation expanding and moving into the lower MS River Valley and OH River Valley by Day 4/Tuesday. A strong cold front extending southwestward from a deepening surface low in the Upper Midwest should sweep across much of the eastern U.S. midweek, reaching the Atlantic Coast late Day 5/Wednesday period. A dry, post-frontal flow regime could overlap with pockets of dry fuels across southern GA, northern FL and the Carolinas on Day 6/Thursday, but some preceding rainfall associated with the frontal passage should mitigate a more significant fire weather threat across the Southeast. The lower confidence in spatial distribution of expected rainfall and marginal fuel environment precludes introduction of critical probabilities at this time. ...Days 6-8/Friday-Saturday... A descending upper-level trough into the western U.S. and subsequent lee cyclogenesis across the central/southern Plains could provide a supportive environment for elevated winds and dry conditions across the southern High Plains closer to Day 8/Saturday. However, uncertainty in state of fuels from preceding rainfall through the Day 2-3/Sunday-Monday period reduces predictability of critical fire weather conditions late next week. ..Williams.. 11/22/2025 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... $$