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It s all linked to a heat dome, or ridge of high pressure, over the region. hundreds of people died in the us and western canada when a similar heat dome shattered temperature records at the end ofjune. we can now speak to craig clements who s a professor of meteorology at the wildfire interdisciplinary research center at sanjos state university. what effects of these temperatures having on wildfires? these temperatures, this heatwave is really driving our fuel moisture is down to where getting then allows the fire to spread more easily so thatis fire to spread more easily so that is what we are experiencing.- that is what we are experiencing. that is what we are ex-ueriencin. ., , i. experiencing. and what is your wild fire forecast, experiencing. and what is your wild fire forecast, if experiencing. and what is your wild fire forecast, if you - wild fire forecast, if you like, for the rest of the summer? like, for the rest of the summer? ~ , , , summer? welcome it could be u ....
The trees and shrubs are very, very dry and so is the extent of the summer we can expect largerfire so it of the summer we can expect larger fire so it is quite challenging for the months ahead. ~ ~ , ., challenging for the months ahead. ~ ~ , ., ., ahead. we keep hearing about this bad news ahead. we keep hearing about this bad news and ahead. we keep hearing about this bad news and it ahead. we keep hearing about this bad news and it keeps - this bad news and it keeps getting worse and worse but how is it comparatively to other years? well, we re still early in the fire season. we are kind of getting into the court in california, august, september. ourfuel moistures are california, august, september. our fuel moistures are at record levels that they are the lowest they have been and that is a sign we can expect larger fires. it is day to day whether that can actually drive our father to it might fire behaviour. expect much larger fires when we get into full. the problem for fi ....