Fire risk for most of US, cool for most of Northern states

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AccuWeather Long-Range Expert Joe Lundberg looks ahead to next week's weather patterns in the United States. Dry air for most of the U.S. could lead to an elevated fire risk.

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00:00Joe, we've been talking about next week overall quiet weather pattern.

00:04It really is.

00:05There's not any big storms per se.

00:07You've got the one in the northwest right now.

00:09That's going to go away.

00:10We are going to talk about another late week storm for the northwest.

00:12That's in the Friday to Saturday time frame.

00:14There's going to be a cool shot mid to late week from the northern plains to the northeast.

00:17But the headliner is this.

00:18It's dry for most of the nation.

00:20Unfortunately, it comes with an elevated fire risk.

00:23Here's the big picture.

00:24Kind of a flat jet stream flow.

00:26There'll be somewhat of a bulge here over the western states.

00:28And that's going to mean abnormal warm for you yet again from the western plains all

00:32the way back to the southwest.

00:34Keep an eye.

00:35Late in the week, there's going to be a dip in the jet stream in here, and that's going

00:37to be the system that we're going to have to be concerned about.

00:39But there'll be a cool shot here with this dip in the jet stream, warm and dry weather

00:42for the south.

00:43And unfortunately, that carries with it an elevated fire risk here in the Appalachians.

00:47A lot of debris left over from Hurricane Helene, and unfortunately, that's kind of like dry

00:52timber right now.

00:53So any kind of breeze would cause problems.

00:55And with that front coming through, these areas in here, I think, are at risk for elevated

00:59fire risk as that front goes on through.

01:01That's not great news, unfortunately, Joe, for places like North Dakota, who have such

01:05a historic fire season so far.

01:07Some of that will get kicked off by this front, as you mentioned.

01:10Yeah, we're going to see this front work its way southeast.

01:13For Tuesday, it's coming through the Dakotas and then works its way into the upper Midwest.

01:17Not a lot of moisture with it.

01:18Very spotty showers.

01:19But as it comes on through, there'll be a generation of wind with and behind the front.

01:23So that's why we're concerned about the elevated fire risk and definitely cooling down in

01:27the east by the time we get to the end of the week.

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