Fire Weather Concerns for the Plains; Record Warmth Spreads
Dry and breezy conditions prevail across the High Plains where elevated to locally critical conditions continue through Thursday. Meanwhile, record warmth increases and spreads across the South, Southwest and into southern California into this last weekend of February. Meanwhile, a fast moving system moves across the Plains then off the mid-Atlantic by Thursday evening. Read More >
| NWS Forecast for: Point Franklin to Cape Halkett from 15 to 75 NM (PKZ859) Issued by: National Weather Service Fairbanks, AK Last Update: 348 PM AKST Wed Feb 25 2026 | |
| Tonight: N winds 5 kt. Thu: NW winds 5 kt. Thu Night: W winds 10 kt. Fri: W winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Fri Night: NW winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. Sat: NW winds 15 kt. Sat Night: W winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Sun: W winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Mon: NE winds 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. | |
| Zone Forecast: Point Franklin to Cape Halkett from 15 to 75 NM (PKZ859) | |
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