Australia Wildfire Perspective

There are a lot of different visualizations out there of the scope of the Australian wildfires, and realizing that the wildfires are spread over an even larger area, not just consolidated into one, it’s still jarring to realize that he area burned up to this point basically corresponds to all of Southwest Ohio.

Did you know that the NWS has been sending Incident Meteorologists (IMETs) to Australia to help forecast wx conditions for the ongoing wildfires? The situation remains quite dire as about 20,000 sq. miles of land have already burned, which is approx. the size of our entire CWA. pic.twitter.com/wV6VAPnpEj

— NWS Wilmington OH (@NWSILN) January 6, 2020