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Re:'Megafire' in Australia Engulfs 1.5M Acres by nabla9 on Friday January 10, 2020 @02:09PM (#22014153)
This is historically different because severe fire weather started early in spring. The dry hottest summer months are still ahead. I'm not sure how long this will go on?

Previous severe big bushfires started much later:

infographic: https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/ECEF/production/...

article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-50951043

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Re:'Megafire' in Australia Engulfs 1.5M Acres by lalos on Friday January 10, 2020 @02:12PM (#22014183)
Australia's summer is from December to February.
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Re:'Megafire' in Australia Engulfs 1.5M Acres by nabla9 on Friday January 10, 2020 @02:20PM (#22014290)
The current bushfire season started 5 September. Very early.

January and February are the hottest. December and March have similar temperatures. The seasonal weather and sea temperatures have delay relative to sun.

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Re:'Megafire' in Australia Engulfs 1.5M Acres by glangdale on Friday January 10, 2020 @04:39PM (#22015862)
February is hot as hell here in Sydney. There's a long, likely dry spell to come. Any analysis of how bad the fires are historically should compare hectares burned "to this date" not "in total".

As an anecdote.. We live in Sydney. My wife was talking to her father who was being evacuated from his town in Northern California due to fire. We could smell smoke in Sydney already, despite being in the opposite season.

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