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Heat Persists Across the Central and Western U.S.; Fire Weather Concerns in the Rockies and High Plains

Record-breaking heat expected in the Central and Western U.S. for the next several days. Gusty winds and low relative humidity will create elevated to critical fire weather conditions over portions of the Rockies and High Plains Wednesday and Thursday. Rain and mountain snow are possible across the Pacific Northwest into the Rockies through Wednesday. Read More >

This lightning photo was taken by Tyler Mode of Vancouver, WA over the WSU campus in Pullman, WA on June 10th. Besides the amazing forked cloud to ground lightning shot, there is also an image of a rainbow on the far right side of the photo.

Lightning over WSU