Re:'Most homes' in Lytton destroyed by catastrophic fire, B....
by davidbanham on Thursday July 01, 2021 @08:54PM
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Out of curiosity I plugged Lytton’s weather readings into the Mccarthur tables we use to calculate forest fire danger in Australia.
I’m using guesstimates for humidity and wind speed based on the spotty data available from the local government website. Also just totally fudging the fuel load number.
I’m reading spotting distances between 1.5 and 2km.
Overall FFDI of 41 so a bad day but not extreme by our standards. Would have been a lot worse with lower humidity.
I’m using guesstimates for humidity and wind speed based on the spotty data available from the local government website. Also just totally fudging the fuel load number.
I’m reading spotting distances between 1.5 and 2km.
Overall FFDI of 41 so a bad day but not extreme by our standards. Would have been a lot worse with lower humidity.