Super interesting to see the spatial dynamics involved in this year’s wildfires. Much of Ontario, Quebec, Nunavut, and Labrador’s boreal unscathed.
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What's interesting to me is that Ontario and Quebec had all the heat this summer and less rain than elsewhere, yet we're pretty much unscathed. The lack of thunderstorms and lightning might have had a part to play.
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Yeah it’s hard to reconcile the dryness with the lack of fire. Though a) the dry weather largely came later once a lot of vegetation had a good dose of rain; and b) as you say, a necessary ingredient is an ignition source, and with the lack of rain storms comes lack of lightning.
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And perhaps residents and visitors were also a bit more careful with fire, smoking, etc. Honestly, Ontario should have been up in flames due to the dryness. The lack of lightning might have been the thing that saved us from all that.
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Similar in BC having a decent rainy season helped If we had another drought like previous years it could have been disastrous
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Interesting to contrast it with the predicted fire danger and fire intensity maps cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/maps/fw?type...
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Is there an explanation? Spatial variation in recent precipitation?
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Tbh I don’t have a good one. The weather was certainly right as it was so dry… but I i guess fire takes not just fuel but an ignition source, and with fewer rainstorms comes fewer lightning ignitions. Maybe.
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Inland Vancouver Island has been very hot and dry, dry, dry
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