506
FNUS28 KWNS 262127
FWDD38

Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0425 PM CDT Mon Oct 26 2026

Valid 281200Z - 031200Z

...Synopsis...
An active weather pattern will persist across the Northwest, Plains
and the Upper Midwest as a troughing regime contributes to cloud
cover, precipitation and cooler temperatures reducing overall fire
weather concerns through late this week. More amplified troughing
emerges across the western U.S. over the weekend promoting
increasing southwest flow aloft over the region. This could invite a
plume of deeper subtropical moisture into the West, bringing
additional precipitation across much of Intermountain West this
weekend and early next week.

A broad ridging pattern over the eastern U.S. should be maintained
through Day 5/Friday supporting above normal temperatures and mainly
dry conditions for much of the region. Fuels across the lower MS
River Basin into the Deep South remain quite receptive. Ridging
aloft and surface high pressure across the Appalachians will allow
areas of critically low RH to emerge each afternoon through Day
5/Friday amid the dry fuelscape. However, light surface winds will
attenuate the fire weather threat over this region. Precipitation
chances increase for the lower MS River Valley and Southeast over
the weekend as the surface high over the Appalachians repositions
over the Northeastern U.S. This will aid in northward moisture
transport from the Gulf as a series of short wave troughs within a
more pronounced subtropical jet impacts the region.

..Williams.. 10/26/2026

...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product...

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