An historic heat wave is underway in the Golden State, contributing to explosively growing wildfires.
Plume-dominated fires can frequently become firestorms, taking on the structure of a thunderstorm due to their incredible vertical release of heat. Extreme fire behavior, as has been seen with the Creek Fire, is often a characteristic of plume-dominated fires., which revealed vortices inside the fire and smoke plume that matched the size and shape of tornadoes.otate.
Ominously, forecasters are monitoring two periods for strong, desiccating offshore winds to pick up in strength early this week. The first looks to take place tonight through Monday evening, with the next taking shape as a rare early-season Santa Ana wind event in Southern California on Tuesday into Wednesday.The Weather Service’s forecast office in Los Angeles is predicting “elevated to critical fire danger” today through Wednesday.
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