


Above normal temperatures are expected across much of the West through the weekend as upper-level ridging builds overhead. Dry and breezy conditions are likely to expand from the Southwest into the southern and western Great Basin and eastern California this weekend through early next week. The Jackson Fire Department said they have two pieces of equipment on the so-called Electra Fire. Moisture will push west to the Rockies by mid-next week increasing chances of precipitation from the Colorado Rockies south along and east of the Divide through New Mexico onto portions of the southern and central High Plains. A wildfire in Amador County is growing with a dangerous rate of spread Monday, fire officials said. Showers and thunderstorms, including severe thunderstorms, are expected across the eastern half of Texas into the ArkLaTex and Oklahoma today, with dry and breezy post-frontal conditions on portions of Plains this weekend. Post-frontal dry and breezy conditions are likely to increase significant fire potential in parts of Missouri and Iowa this weekend and through the western Mississippi Valley into next week, where precipitation is forecast to be little to none. Getty Images News of the latest Californian wildfire comes just two months after more than a dozen homes in a wealthy community. Much of the eastern US will be cooler and drier next week. Fire crews are tackling a wildfire in Amador County, California. Dry and breezy post-frontal conditions are likely from east Texas through the Southeast Sunday – Monday, but antecedent rainfall should minimize increases in significant fire potential. Widespread rainfall is expected from the Southeast extending along and east of the Appalachians through the weekend.
