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To What Extent do Major Bushfires Impact Local Weather Patterns (Audience,…

- - - - smoke plumes often form pyrocumulus, but develop into pyroCb far less often
      - PyroCb anvils often last longer than normal anvils
    - - heat from the fire pushes the smoke up
      - rising hot air draws in cool air
      - after this initial cooling, there needs to be enough heat left over to push the cloud even higher
  - - - Big fire = hot, dry wind, lots of fuel
      - pyroCb = warm, moist, light to no wind (so that plume goes up rather than across)
      - Cool changes often allow for pyroCb development
        
        collision of air masses causes momentary zero wind
        
        brings in the moist air needed
  - - - Specific wind the night before
      - cold change