Bay Area Red-Flag Fire Warnings Extended With More Lightning Strikes Expected
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- The National Weather Service extended a red-flag warning for parts of the Bay Area, as more lightning was expected to strike Tuesday afternoon and later into the evening, according to KPIX 5 Meteorologist Lawrence Karnow.
The warning was in effect for the East Bay and Santa Cruz Mountains through midnight.
The weather service has recorded over 15,000 lighting strikes in and around the Bay Area since Monday at noon.
Ninety percent of those strikes were reported about 100 miles offshore in the Pacific Ocean.
The dry lighting was caused by a low-pressure system that was hovering in the area.
"We're getting the lightning outside, but we're not getting the rain because it's evaporating before it hits the ground, and that's why it's called dry lightning," Karnow said.
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