06/11/2023, 1:23 pm EDT
Evaporative drought demand index did a good job recognizing the fire risk to Canada and maintains a dry atmosphere/soil moisture combination into the northeast quadrant of the U.S. during early June.
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06/11/2023, 12:29 pm EDT
Until the waters off the East Coast warm significantly, the tendency for cool temperatures in the East U.S. with very limited number of warm-to-hot days will continue into mid-summer.
06/11/2023, 11:07 am EDT
Exceptional climate regimes require a close review as to their catalyst to understand how the pattern developed to help mitigate risk, if possible, to similar future circumstances. The record-strength Canadian fire season of 2023 (so far) was caused by a set of unique circumstances all occurring at once to promote a flash fire acceleration during mid-to-late spring 2023.
06/02/2023, 8:13 am EDT
A combination of climate factors caused an upper-level high-pressure ridge in Canada to amplify attendant drying character from West Canada to the Great Plains during May.