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Mike Flannigan

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fire guy, weather guy, researcher, professor and research chair. Thompson Rivers University Canadian 5-10 day fire weather outlook at https://www.tru.ca/wildfire/research/canada-fire-weather-outlook.html

Expect significant fire weather and fire activity over much of the Pacific NW for the coming week and beyond. Lots of active fires already (GOES-West geocolor below) and possibly some more lightning-caused fires this week. Little to no rain (white areas) expected over the next 15 days - map below

Lots of very active fires in OR, WA, BC, ID and MT. GOES- West geocolor showing massive smoke plumes, and mid-ir (white and red areas). Precipitation forecast for the next 10 days and many of the fires will not see any rain. Expect more rapid growth in these fires in the coming days.

Pyrocumulonimbus (Pyrocb - fire generated thunderstorm) this afternoon just north of Clinton, BC. The pyrocb is showing up on radar and is generating numerous lightning strikes.

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Lots of active fires in BC and Washington State this evening with some pyrocbs (fire generated thunderstorms) as well as some vigorous thunderstorms bringing lightning to some regions (yellow). GOES-West geocolor loop below.

Active fires in BC and Washington State this afternoon. GOES-West mid-ir below showing active fires (white) & very active fires (red- pyrocb - yellow dash). Tomorrow looks scary as significant lightning expected across southern BC and parts of Washington State that have been hot and dry.

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Another lightning outbreak now ongoing in PacNW (TS Elida's remants), & this time fuels are considerably drier west of Cascades following recent heat. Numerous additional wildfire ignitions are likely across much of OR/WA over next 48 hr, worsening existing outbreak. #ORwx #WAwx

Hot and dry weather today and the result is ots of very active fires in BC. GOES-West geocolor loop below showing lots of smoke plumes and one pyrocb ( red line)

Graphs showing cumulative area burned and carbon emissions in Ontario. Note in terms of area burned 2021 is the top spot but 2026 is top spot in terms of carbon emissions. Both are correct. The reason for this is that the 2026 fires are more severe - consumed more biomass (greater depth of burn).

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