The National Weather Service changed several of its winter weather terms in October 2024. Here is what they new terms mean.

Here’s what they mean. Fire watches and warnings are issued by the 122 local National Weather Service forecast offices across the United States. Forecast offices maintain criteria specific to ...

Weather Advisory. An Advisory is issued for less severe winter weather conditions that may still cause inconvenience or minor ...

That being said – in addition to being on the lookout for evacuation orders and warnings, it’s also worth monitoring two other alerts – the fire weather watch and the red flag warning.