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 Thursday (Caution...Excessive Rainfall, Flooding, Tropical). On flagged days NWS may hold off on scheduled system changes to keep its forecast systems stable.
- Thursday Caution...Excessive Rainfall, Flooding, Tropical
- Friday None
- Saturday 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 010903 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 0900Z THU OCT 01 2026 CRITICAL WEATHER DAY STATUS... The need for CWD to support excessive rainfall and flooding operations across portions of the Southern Plains is being monitored. In addition, NCO is monitoring for the need for CWD in support of tropical cyclone operations in the Northern Marianas Islands. CRITICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK... Thursday - Caution...Excessive Rainfall, Flooding, Tropical Cyclone. Friday - None. Saturday - None. Churchill/SDM/NCO