The glow of a grass and cedar fire reflects off the cloud base in the late moments of twilight, as smoke ascends into a nascent thunderstorm’s updraft region. Lightning strikes from a developing squall line set several big wildfires in a virtual tinderbox cured by micro-drought in northern Oklahoma. The area had gone several weeks with scant rainfall—despite rains to the north and south—portending a blistering August and September when flames erupted all across the Sooner State.
3 NNE Vining OK (20 Jun 0) Looking NNW
36.8001, -98.1519