Oil, gas and energy weather risk
Heat index, freeze-off, wind, lightning, severe storm, flooding rain, fire weather and hurricane levels for the next 3 days in the main US oil and gas basins, Gulf Coast refining and wind and solar areas. Built from National Weather Service forecasts and alerts and NOAA storm, flood and hurricane outlooks. Hover or tap a level to see why.
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Permian Basin and SE New Mexico
Extreme heat days, drought and blowing dust most of the year. When storms do come they can bring large hail, damaging wind and flash flooding on caliche roads and draws, and winter freezes cause freeze-offs (Winter Storm Uri shut in much of the basin in February 2021).
| Place | Today | Tomorrow | Day 3 | Watch for |
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| Midland, TX (Midland Basin) | Loading… | |||
| Pecos, TX (Delaware Basin) | Loading… | |||
| Carlsbad, NM | Loading… | |||
| Hobbs, NM | Loading… | |||
Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast
Refining, petrochemicals and export terminals. Hurricanes and storm surge, flooding rain, extreme heat index and lightning on most summer afternoons.
| Place | Today | Tomorrow | Day 3 | Watch for |
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| Houston Ship Channel (Pasadena, TX) | Loading… | |||
| Beaumont and Port Arthur, TX | Loading… | |||
| Corpus Christi, TX | Loading… | |||
| Freeport, TX | Loading… | |||
| Lake Charles, LA | Loading… | |||
| Henry Hub (Erath, LA) | Loading… | |||
East Texas and the Haynesville
Pine woods gas country: severe storms and tornadoes in spring, flooding rain, high heat index in summer and the remnants of Gulf hurricanes.
| Place | Today | Tomorrow | Day 3 | Watch for |
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| Longview, TX | Loading… | |||
| Carthage, TX | Loading… | |||
| Shreveport, LA | Loading… | |||
Eagle Ford and South Texas
Heat, drought and dust, with flash flooding and the odd tropical storm from the Gulf.
| Place | Today | Tomorrow | Day 3 | Watch for |
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| Karnes City, TX | Loading… | |||
| Cotulla, TX | Loading… | |||
Oklahoma and the Mid-Continent
The heart of tornado alley, with the Cushing storage hub. Severe storms in spring, ice storms in winter and heat in summer.
| Place | Today | Tomorrow | Day 3 | Watch for |
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| Cushing, OK (storage hub) | Loading… | |||
| Elk City, OK (Anadarko Basin) | Loading… | |||
| Oklahoma City, OK | Loading… | |||
Bakken, DJ and San Juan basins
Bitter cold, blizzards and high wind in winter; hail and wind storms in summer.
| Place | Today | Tomorrow | Day 3 | Watch for |
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| Williston, ND (Bakken) | Loading… | |||
| Greeley, CO (DJ Basin) | Loading… | |||
| Farmington, NM (San Juan Basin) | Loading… | |||
Marcellus and Utica
Steep, wet country: flooding rain, landslides near pipelines, ice and snow.
| Place | Today | Tomorrow | Day 3 | Watch for |
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| Washington, PA | Loading… | |||
| Morgantown, WV | Loading… | |||
Wind and solar
Output follows the weather: how hard the wind blows at hub height and how much sun gets through the clouds. Hail and high wind are the big damage risks for panels and turbines.
| Place | Today | Tomorrow | Day 3 | Watch for |
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| Sweetwater, TX (wind) | Loading… | |||
| Amarillo, TX (wind) | Loading… | |||
| Fort Stockton, TX (solar) | Loading… | |||
| Roswell, NM (solar) | Loading… | |||
About site risk
- Levels come from National Weather Service forecasts and alerts, Storm Prediction Center and Weather Prediction Center outlooks and National Hurricane Center advisories, by fixed rules. They describe the weather, not whether a task is safe: that call stays with your crew, your company procedures and equipment limits.
- Heat uses the NWS heat index bands (80°F caution, 91°F extreme caution, 103°F danger, 125°F extreme danger). Direct sun can add up to 15°F.
- Wind is the forecast sustained wind; gusts run higher, and wind up high runs stronger than at the ground.
- Lightning comes from thunderstorm forecasts and outlooks. Live lightning strikes are not included.
- Dryness compares rain at the nearest NOAA station with its 1991-2020 normal. It is not the U.S. Drought Monitor (droughtmonitor.unl.edu), which is the official drought map.
- Hover or tap a level to see why it was set.
Data: NOAA National Weather Service, Storm Prediction Center, Weather Prediction Center, National Hurricane Center; HRRR model winds. Levels are worked out by fixed rules and describe the weather, not whether work is safe.