The rain will stall the start of peak wildfire season in the SF Bay Area, but how long that delay lasts depends on what happens next.
What does this mean for wildfire season in the Bay Area, which usually sees its most destructive fires in September and October when desiccating offshore winds pick up after vegetation on the ground has dried out all summer long?
“It’s definitely going to reduce fire risk through fall,” said Craig Clements, director of San Jose State University's Fire Weather Research Laboratory and a professor at the university."It would be great if we had another storm. Then we'd be in even better shape. If we get a heat event, and then get a wind event, and don’t get any more rain, we could be in trouble again."
"If you have hot, dry soil, it burns differently from moist soil that's cooler and puts out humidity," explained Jonathan Cox, deputy chief of Cal Fire's San Mateo County division
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