Fire Weather Conditions

From NOAA Satellite and Information Service:

Critical fire weather conditions persist for portions of the U.S. on Tuesday April 14, 2015. The NOAA NWS Storm Prediction Center forecast critical fire weather conditions to continue in portions of the Northern Plains into the Rockies and Great Basin. This critical fire weather threat is due to a combination of above normal temperatures, very gusty winds and low relative humidity. (www.weather.gov)

This SNPP VIIRS true-color image was captured on April 13, 2015. (http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/imagery_data.html)