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Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Why only a few wildfires become extreme


Wildfire NOTD subscriber Janice Coen, a Project Scientist III at the National Center for Atmospheric Research's Mesoscale & Microscale Meteorology, published a study in the journal Fire which showed that extreme wildfires depend on three things lining up: conditions that make vegetation ready to burn, a short-lived weather pattern that can support rapid fire spread, and an ignition in the right place at the wrong time.

Why only a few wildfires become extreme

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