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Critical Fire Weather in the Southern High Plains and Eastern Florida Peninsula; Pacific Storms Impacting the Northwest

Gusty winds and dry conditions will continue to produce elevated to critical fire weather over the southern High Plains and eastern Florida Peninsula. There are locally critical fire weather areas along the Gulf Coast and the northern Plains. Two Pacific storms will impact the Northwest U.S. with heavy mountain snow and low elevation rain into Saturday. Read More >

 

Colorado lightning climatology papers:

Lightning climatology for the state of Colorado (Journal of Operational Meteorology)

A high resolution lightning map of the state of Colorado (American Meteorological Society)