‘Very dangerous’ heat may reignite fire season in western U.S.
A quiet late summer for western wildfires may be about to come to an abrupt end. Weather models are indicating that a potentially extreme and prolonged heat wave will build over western states this week and into the Labor Day weekend. … Although a supercharged monsoon brought a welcome reprieve from the smoke-filled summer skies and destructive wildfires of the past two years, not every region has seen soaking rain…. Much of California is entering autumn parched and flammable after a months-long dry season… And the heat wave is arriving just as windy weather patterns begin to increase in the West.
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