Critical Weather Day outlook update
Critical Weather Day CRITICAL WEATHER DAY STATUS...
NWS does not currently expect to declare a Critical Weather Day in the next three days — no unusual operational precautions are planned.
A “Critical Weather Day” is an internal NWS operations posture. When one is declared, NWS postpones scheduled software, hardware and network changes at the affected offices so that nothing is disturbed while forecasters are working high-impact weather. Emergency changes still get made, but they need senior sign-off. It is a signal about how NWS is protecting its own systems — it is not a forecast or a warning, and it does not tell you anything about conditions where you live.
CWD outlook CRITICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK...
Looking three days ahead, NWS has flagged Sunday (Caution...Excessive Rainfall, Flooding). On flagged days NWS may hold off on scheduled system changes to keep its forecast systems stable.
- Sunday Caution...Excessive Rainfall, Flooding
- Monday None
- Tuesday None
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000 NOUS42 KWNO 010839 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 0838Z SUN NOV 01 2026 CRITICAL WEATHER DAY STATUS... The need for Critical Weather Day for excessive rainfall across portions of Arizona and the Four Corners region is being monitored. Otherwise, Critical Weather Day is not expected in the next 3 days. CRITICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK... Sunday - Caution...Excessive Rainfall, Flooding. Monday - None. Tuesday - None. Green/SDM/NCO