High Plains, South, Upper Midwest, and Southeast. Meanwhile, conditions degraded on the map in the Southwest, Lower Midwest, and the Mid-Atlantic. Out West, a series of Pacific storms delivered ...

Gusty winds and dry conditions are expected to fuel critical fire weather from Wednesday to Friday for southwestern Texas into the southern High Plains, according to the weather service.

New rounds of critical fire weather are in the forecast for the central United States this week, days after devastating wildfires sparked in Oklahoma and Texas late last week and through the weekend.