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March 13, 2026 3:51 pm

The ridge of high pressure over the region will weaken some over the weekend, where slight cooling will take place with a deeper marine layer near the coast. The ridge of high pressure will reamplify by next week, leading to a prolonged heat wave. This event will encompass temperatures of 20 to potentially up to 30 degrees above normal for this time of year, leading to moderate to high heat risk.

Intense clipper-like system bringing heavy snow across the Upper Midwest into the Upper Great Lakes early today along with widespread blustery conditions. Active Atmospheric River pattern bringing heavy lower elevation/coastal rain and high elevation snow to the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies. A winter storm will gradually develop across the Northern High Plains today into Saturday before expanding and intensifying across the Northern Plains later on Saturday, reaching into the upper Midwest Sunday morning. An anomalously early heatwave will begin to build over the western U.S. heading into the weekend. Critical Risk of fire weather for the Central and Southern High Plains.