Unusual weather events identified during 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, Australia

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Unusual weather events identified during 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, Australia

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 07:45 AM PDT

Research has revealed that the extremely hot, dry and windy conditions on Black Saturday in the Australian state of Victoria combined with structures in the atmosphere called ‘horizontal convective rolls’ — similar to streamers of wind flowing through the air — which likely affected fire behavior.

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