Strong winds and dry thunderstorms are raising the risk of fast-moving wildfires across much of the US West, where forecasters warned conditions will favor new ignitions and rapid fire spread through ...

Today is the best bet the Western Slope will see for moisture, and as the daytime hours start increasing the temperature, it ...

A smoky day for many in the Western Slope, as fires continue to burn and temperatures rise throughout the week. High pressure ...

The National Weather Service predicts isolated dry lightning in the Sierra Nevada before more widespread thunderstorms present heightened fire danger to a larger area.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dry lightning and erratic thunderstorm winds could spark fast-growing wildfires south of Lake Tahoe, as red flag warnings expand ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Most of the time, storms have a routine way they unfold in our area: the ingredients come together, clouds get bigger and get darker, and then there is rain and lightning. However ...

Dry lightning storms are hard to predict, extraordinarily difficult to contain, and can cause substantial economic, social and environmental harms. Technology alone—such as that which combines ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- More than a thousand fires were sparked by dry lightning early this week with several significant blazes breaking out in California. Dry lightning proved to be a major issue in ...

Dry lightning bursts are the leading cause of some of the biggest wildfire flare-ups in California’s history, a new study has found. So-called dry lightning — or lightning that occurs with less than 2 ...

Lightning is indeed dry. At 54,000 degrees Fahrenheit, water on lightning would be impossible...at least in our sense of 'time'. We use the term 'dry lightning' with respect to the overall weather and ...

Multiple grass fires were reported across the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles on Thursday evening, April 9, with the suspected cause being dry lightning from the storms passing through the area. In ...