FIRE WEATHER STORIES

Field notes from the fireline · Northern California

Nevada County · September 1988

49'ER FIRE

A foothills fire above the Yuba River country — its point of origin, its run, and the terrain that shaped it.

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Tehama County · August 1990

WHERE WEATHER MEETS FIRE

Vapor pressure deficit and the Campbell Fire — a young firefighter's first night on the line, and the thirsty air that drives a grass fire.

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California · 2020 & 2024

HEAT, LIGHTNING & FIRE

The 2020 Lightning Siege and the 2024 Park Fire — temperature, dry lightning, and the making of a megafire.

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California · Live dashboard

FIRE & DROUGHT

The long, patient drought and the fires written into it — tracked against the U.S. Drought Monitor, updated weekly.

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