Dry thunderstorm

A dry thunderstorm is a thunderstorm that produces thunder and lightning, but where most of its precipitation evaporates before reaching the ground.^[1] Dry lightning refers to lightning strikes occurring in this situation. Both are so common in the American West that they are sometimes used interchangeably.^[2]

Dry thunderstorms occur essentially in dry conditions, and their lightning is a major cause of wildfires.^[3]^[4]^[5] Because of that, the National Weather Service, and other agencies around the world, issue forecasts for its likelihood over large areas.^[4]^[6]

^ Albuquerque Office. "Dry thunderstorms". Fire Weather Topics. National Weather Service. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
^ "What Is a Dry Thunderstorm?". weather.about.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
^ Hessilt, Thomas D.; Abatzoglou, J. T.; Chen, Y.; Randerson, J. T.; Scholten, R. C.; van der Werf, Guido; Veraverbeke, S. (April 19, 2022). "Future increases in lightning ignition efficiency and wildfire occurrence expected from drier fuels in boreal forest ecosystems of western North America". Environmental Research Letters. 17 (5): 054008. Bibcode:2022ERL....17e4008H. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac6311. S2CID 247869214.
^ ^a ^b "Frequently Asked Questions About Lightning". Severe Weather 101. NSSL. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
^ "Dry Lightning". Wild Fire Assessment System. US Forest Service. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
^ Miriam Rorig; Sue Ferguson; Steven McKay (17 November 2003). Forecasting Dry Lightning in the Western United States (PDF). The 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology and the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress. Orlando, FL. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

[weathergov-1] Albuquerque Office. "Dry thunderstorms". Fire Weather Topics. National Weather Service. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

[drycb-2] "What Is a Dry Thunderstorm?". weather.about.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

[3] Hessilt, Thomas D.; Abatzoglou, J. T.; Chen, Y.; Randerson, J. T.; Scholten, R. C.; van der Werf, Guido; Veraverbeke, S. (April 19, 2022). "Future increases in lightning ignition efficiency and wildfire occurrence expected from drier fuels in boreal forest ecosystems of western North America". Environmental Research Letters. 17 (5): 054008. Bibcode:2022ERL....17e4008H. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac6311. S2CID 247869214.

[NSSL-4] "Frequently Asked Questions About Lightning". Severe Weather 101. NSSL. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

[5] "Dry Lightning". Wild Fire Assessment System. US Forest Service. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

[6] Miriam Rorig; Sue Ferguson; Steven McKay (17 November 2003). Forecasting Dry Lightning in the Western United States (PDF). The 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology and the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress. Orlando, FL. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

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