Fire Weather 101

Nocturnal Thunderstorms in Northern California: The Hidden Fire Threat When we think about thunderstorm season in California, we usually picture hot summer afternoons with towering clouds building over the Sierra Nevada. By evening, we expect things to quiet down as the land cools and the atmosphere stabilizes. But some of the most dangerous fire weather events come from storms that break all the rules—thunderstorms that develop *after dark* over the supposedly storm-proof Ce