text:  And as we know, it's extremely hot in the West. Daily temperature records are being set in some places. And that's also leading, of course, to higher fire danger. And these high temperatures are expected to continue this week, combined with regional forecasts of very dry air and high winds. That kind of all adds up to what we could call fire weather. You said record temperatures, so there are some extremes here. But is this kind of dryness really fairly normal?