#ClimateChange set the table for #LosAngeles #wildfires
#GlobalWarming from burning #fossilfuels increased the likelihood of extreme fire conditions.
Today’s #climate, 2.3°F (1.3°C) above pre-industrial average, based on a 10yr ave, also increased overlap between flammable #drought conditions and strong #SantaAna winds that propelled the flames from vegetated open space into neighborhoods, killing at least 28 people and destroying or damaging more than 16,000 structures.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/01/climate-change-set-the-table-for-los-angeles-wildfires/

This wind pattern is pretty striking... This kind of very long distance pattern isn't something I have seen normally (usually the Santa Ana's don't get as far out to sea... ps. don't go sailing, unless you like to end up in deep open ocean 👀

Curious if this is a new extreme WX pattern due to all the CO2 we're throwing into the atmosphere... i.e. completely novel wind pattern, extreme Santa Ana?

#wind #firewx #SantaAna

"Los Angeles in fiamme. I venti caldi, la siccità, il cambiamento climatico: la combinazione perfetta che ha portato al disastro"
-Antonello Pasini, fisico del clima del Cnr.
https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/01/09/los-angeles-incendi-combinazione-perfetta-causato-disastro/7831295/
#climatechange #sunsetfire #santaana #drought