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FNUS28 KWNS 241946 FWDD38 Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0245 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Valid 261200Z - 021200Z A pair of mid-level troughs will traverse the southern Plains Friday into this weekend, supporting surface cyclone development and a trailing dryline surging eastward across the southern High Plains each day. Critically dry and windy conditions are expected, with 70 percent Critical probabilities maintained for portions of the southern High Plains where dry and windy conditions will overlap through much of the afternoon for both Friday and Saturday. By Sunday, the second mid-level trough will eject into the middle Mississippi Valley region, prompting some weakening of the surface winds behind the dryline over the southern High Plains, where only 40 percent Critical probabilities have been maintained. Thereafter, upper-level ridging will set in over the Plains states, with dry conditions persisting over the southern High Plains. Another mid-level trough will impinge on the Interior West by the middle of next week. Dry and windy conditions should overspread the region, though questions remain regarding fuel receptiveness, precluding the addition of Critical probabilities. ..Squitieri.. 04/24/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... $$