Temperatures are forecast to fall nationwide from Tuesday, though they will mostly remain above 30 C (86 F).
Lower temperatures alone will fix the fires I’m sure. Or why this completely random weather forecast?
Spain is faring better with its wildfires this week despite the high temperatures of the country’s third heat wave this summer.
They say „despite“ as if heat could just create some random fire. Maybe one could come to the conclusion that temperatures are irrelevant for wildfires after all.
But the evaporation!? Right, the third heat wave when it hasn’t rained in two, three months must be to blame.
At some point this will just lead to legitimating climate change deniers further, and I think we would benefit from avoiding that.
High temperatures are necessary for wildfire. Wet wood doesn’t burn
Imagine you have a house plant. You don’t water it for 3 months and then light it with fire, does your room temperature need to be at 40°C for it to start burning?
That’s a false comparison. You can’t compare an indoor environment to the outdoors. Sunshine, temperature, clouds and precipitation are highly codependent outside