Fire crews fought the out of control blaze in western Victoria late into the night as hundreds of people were evacuated out of harm’s way.
A firestorm was behind some of the wild bushfire weather Victoria experienced yesterday, a phenomenon that was once rare but is Weatherzone meteorologist Maryam Al-Ansari said that yesterday there were strong troughs sweeping across the state – which caused really hot air from Central Australia to hit a sudden cold air mass from the Southern Ocean.When these two air masses collided, it created an unstable atmosphere and thunderstorms formed.
These storms created conditions for bushfires to take off across Victoria, including The intense heat from the fire causes air and smoke to rise and draws in cooler air. If the air cools enough, the moisture in the plume condenses and forms a pyrocumulus cloud. Under the right conditions, the cloud can mix with ice particles and cause lightning, producing a thunderstorm – known as pyrocumulonimbus.
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