Thursday, October 17, 2013

Wildfires In Australia


An early start to the Australian wildfire season as serious fires are burning in New South Wales, near Sydney. Several booksellers in the Blue Mountain area have been posting blow-by-blow accounts, on a book dealer chat board, of the fires and evacuations.


The early spring has been hot and dry down there and the GFS, 00 UTC, 500 mb analysis below shows that a strong front crossed NSW yesterday. The front was dry, but accompanied by very strong winds that worsened fire conditions.


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