Critical Weather Day outlook update
Critical Weather Day CRITICAL WEATHER DAY STATUS...
A Critical Weather Day status update.
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 Tuesday (Caution...Excessive Rainfall, Flooding). On flagged days NWS may hold off on scheduled system changes to keep its forecast systems stable.
- Tuesday Caution...Excessive Rainfall, Flooding
- Wednesday None
- Thursday None
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Exactly as NWS transmitted it. Everything above is our plain-English reading of this text — if the two ever disagree, this is the authoritative version.
000 NOUS42 KWNO 290855 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 0855Z TUE SEP 29 2026 CRITICAL WEATHER DAY STATUS... The need for CWD to support excessive rainfall and flooding operations in New Mexico and other portions of the Southwest is being monitored. CRITICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK... Tuesday - Caution...Excessive Rainfall, Flooding. Wednesday - None. Thursday - None. Ready/SDM/NCO