Here's what experts say is turning Southern California's speedy wildfires into a deadly urban conflagration that is defying the calendar.
in more than four decades. Fires don’t usually blaze at this time of year, but specific ingredients have come together to defy the calendar inwhipping flames and embers at 100 mph — much faster than normal — and cross that with the return of extreme drought. Add on weather whiplash that grew tons of plants in downpours then record high temperatures that dried them out to make easy-to-burn fuel.
But a condition that led to those winds is a big plunge in the temperature of the jet stream — the river of air that moves weather systems across the globe — which helped bring cold air to the eastern two-thirds of the nation, said University of California Merced climate and fire scientist John Abatzoglou. Other scientistsSanta Ana winds are happening later and later in the year, moving more from the drier fall to the wetter winter, Keeley said.
While the ignition sources for these fires have yet to be determined, Flannigan bets they’ll end up being power lines blown down by high winds. That’s what started California’s devastating fires inAn analysis of 423 California wildfires that have grown to at least 15 square miles since 1984 shows only four of those burned during the winter. About two-thirds of those larger fires sparked in June, July or August.
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