Imagine stepping outside to smell the fresh air, only to realize that striking a match could ignite the very sky above your head. It sounds ... Read more The post What If the Atmosphere Became ...

Wildfire blowups, fire whirls, towering thunderstorms: When fires get large and hot enough, they can actually create their own weather. In these extreme fire situations, firefighters’ ordinary ...

“We find that both exhibit strong linearly increasing trends, coupled with a large surge in magnitude between 330 and 220 ...

Meteorologists talk smoky wildfires in Massachusetts and potential for record-setting Halloween 19:11. BOSTON - If you're wondering why it smelled like smoke from northeastern Massachusetts all ...

QUIC-Fire can be used to identify and demonstrate those mechanisms and move towards an explicit understanding of fire-atmosphere interactions that can accelerate learning,” says O’Brien.

Winds will pick up Friday. If there's a fire, it could spread fast and create its own weather, carrying smoke far and wide.