Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook  
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0427 PM CDT Wed May 06 2026

Valid 081200Z - 141200Z

Upper troughing will extend along the eastern U.S. and persist
through early next week as an upper-level low over eastern Canada
remains anchored. This pattern will encourage unsettled weather and
repeated chances for precipitation across portions of the Southeast
to the Mid-Atlantic. Therefore, broader fire weather concerns may
temporarily be dampened for much of the eastern U.S. through the
duration of the forecast period, given a widespread transition to
green-up and expected appreciable precipitation. 

An upper ridge will prevail across the western U.S. through the
forecast period. This pattern may result in a curing event, given
above normal temperatures and dry conditions to persist for much of
the Intermountain West. However, timely green-up phase of fuels and
lighter winds should keep concerns low through early next week.
Localized fire weather concerns may emerge in terrain-favored areas
where stronger winds overlap dry fuels.

Between western U.S. ridging and troughing to the east, broad
northwesterly flow over the High Plains and Upper Midwest is
expected to promote sporadic dry and windy conditions atop drying
fuels. Uncertainty in medium-range guidance precludes critical
probabilities at this time, however, fire weather potential should
become more evident in future outlooks.

..Elizalde-Garcia.. 05/06/2026

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