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Mid-Valley Media Researchers at Oregon State University have homed in on the conditions that caused historically destructive Oregon wildfires in September and are warning similar conditions will exist during the upcoming fire season and beyond, partially due to climate change. The study, co-authored by Larry OâNeill, associate professor in OSUâs College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences and state climatologist for the Oregon Climate Service, found âunprecedented combination of strong easterly winds and low humidity coupled with prolonged drought conditionsâ produced the widespread and destructive wildfires last year. While the conditions individually had been seen previously, the confluence of the conditions had not. OâNeill issued a grave warning for the upcoming season â one that may be reissued in future years due to climate change. ....
OSU study: Unprecedented combination of weather, drought fueled devastating 2020 wildfires OSU Fall 2020 wildfire impacts in Oregon were devastating, wide-ranging Estimated 11% of Cascades burned last fall and this summer s forecasts look as bad or worse than last year CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – An unprecedented combination of strong easterly winds and low humidity coupled with prolonged drought conditions drove the spread of catastrophic wildfires in the Oregon Cascades last September, a new study has found. “The individual wind and humidity conditions were rare but not unprecedented, but the combination of the two was,” said Larry O’Neill, an associate professor in OSU’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences and a co-author of the paper. “And individually, they were some of the worst conditions we’ve seen since we began keeping records from instrumented data.” ....