Fire Weather Outlook Discussion
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
413 FNUS21 KWNS 290535 FWDDY1 Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1234 AM CDT Wed Jul 29 2026 Valid 291200Z - 301200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...Synopsis... Weak upper-level troughing will linger over the northwestern US with a cold front stalling and weakening over the northwest Great Basin into the northern Rockies. Upper-level heights will build over much of the West while the upper high remains over the southern High Plains/Rockies. Weak shortwave troughs may rotate through the weak troughing over the northwestern US and around the western/northern periphery of the upper high over portions of the Great Basin and central Rockies. Locally elevated conditions are likely to develop across portions of Nevada with forecast southerly to westerly sustained winds of 10-15 mph with gusts of 20-25 mph amid minimum RH of 5-15%. The increase of breezy winds will be along a surface thermal trough and below slightly increased winds aloft due to a passing weak mid-level shortwave trough. Active large fires near the periphery of monsoonal moisture and thunderstorm chances in the central/eastern Great Basin may produce deep pyroconvection as well. ..Nauslar.. 07/29/2026 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... $$