Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this video, Fire Behavior Analyst, Tim Chavez, explains how some wildfire behavior can be driven by the extreme heat the fire is generating. This is a bit more nuanced description of what we are talking about when we say that fires are 'making their own weather'.

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