Critical Weather Day declared
Critical Weather Day CRITICAL WEATHER DAY STATUS...
A Critical Weather Day has been declared.
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 Friday (Critical...Tropical Cyclone) and Saturday (Critical...Tropical Cyclone) and Sunday (Monitoring for Tropical Cyclone activity). On flagged days NWS may hold off on scheduled system changes to keep its forecast systems stable.
- Friday Critical...Tropical Cyclone
- Saturday Critical...Tropical Cyclone
- Sunday Monitoring for Tropical Cyclone activity
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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 140905 ADMSDM SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 0905Z FRI AUG 14 2026 CRITICAL WEATHER DAY STATUS... Critical Weather Day is in effect for Tropical Cyclone ops in Hawaii. CRITICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK... Friday - Critical...Tropical Cyclone. Saturday - Critical...Tropical Cyclone. Sunday - Monitoring for Tropical Cyclone activity. Renkevens/SDM/NCO