Partly cloudy in the morning followed by scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. High 87F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 50%..

Partly to mostly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms before midnight. Low 73F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 40%.

Florida Forest Service senior ranger Harvey Sellers, one of more than 30 men and women working on a prescribed burn in southern Citrus County in 2017, uses a drip torch to start a fire that will create a fire break, or a perimeter past which fire has trouble advancing, for firefighters to work within the Withlacoochee State Forest’s Citrus tract. Drip torches are fueled with a mixture of diesel and gasoline and make an efficient tool to start a fire.

In the Western United States, helicopters and other aircraft are the equipment workhorses in…