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April 14, 2026 4:27 am

Today and Wednesday will be dry with weakening winds with Wednesday high temperatures warming to around average. Stronger onshore flow will spreading cooling inland on Thursday with southwest to west winds for the mountains and deserts gusting to 35 to 45 mph. The flow will turn offshore on Friday with warming for the coast and valleys and continued cooling for the mountains and deserts. Northeast winds along and below the coastal slopes of the mountains will gust to 35 to 45 mph. Warmer inland with weaker winds for next weekend with high temperatures warming to around 5 to 10 degrees above average on Sunday.

Rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms with heavy rain across the Southern/Central Plains and from the Upper Midwest to the Great Lakes during the next couple of days. Heavy mountain snow, windy and much colder weather will push into the Northwest on Wednesday, reaching into the northern Rockies by Thursday morning. Record warmth expected to overspread the east-central U.S. to the Mid-Atlantic. Critical fire weather risk over the central to Southern High Plains.