Uploaded February 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Brian Potter, a research meteorologist with the USDA Forest Service, presented a webinar on February 26, 2015 regarding the state of science with respect to the airflow associated with fire convection plumes. This includes the concepts of plume dominated fires, adverse wind profiles, the role of atmospheric stability in fire behavior, downdrafts, and plume collapse.