On the bright side, the thunderstorms aren’t expected to create strong winds besides some scattered heavy gusts, Lorber said. “Even if it’s raining, the lightning could strike outside of the main rain areas and cause some risk,” Lorber said, “especially with such dry conditions in the interior parts of the Bay Area.” But that still doesn’t rule out the potential for wildfire. Lightning risk during this weekend’s thunderstorms is “limited” and not “elevated” or “significant,” according to the National Weather Service’s measurement scale. Map of California wildfires now burning.
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Here's a look at today's forecast maximum temperatures across the Bay Area and Central Coast. But when they arrive in California, the thunderstorms are expected to create heavy rainfall for very brief periods and light drizzling the rest of the time. Summer storms earlier this week led to flooding in southwestern states such as Arizona and New Mexico, and even Las Vegas.
Why wouldn’t a thunderstorm - emphasis on “storm” - produce much rain? Lorber says it’s because of California’s summer climate, namely the warm, dry pockets of air below the atmosphere that evaporate most moisture before it can fall to the earth. “In these types of situations, the risks can be greater than the benefits,” said Jeff Lorber, a National Weather Service meteorologist, in an interview.
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