These Wind Patterns Explain Why California's Wildfires Are So Bad

The Camp Fire, Hill Fire and Woolsey Fire share an origin in the jet stream, which has produced extreme winds that are spreading the flames and hampering firefighting efforts.

from Science Latest https://ift.tt/2qGc1P5

New top story on Hacker News: Drzymała's wagon

Drzymała's wagon
43 by danielam | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Differentiable Monte Carlo Ray Tracing Through Edge Sampling

Differentiable Monte Carlo Ray Tracing Through Edge Sampling
4 by jonbaer | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Fan death

Fan death
37 by jv22222 | 19 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Convert a Markdown Doc to WordPress Posts and Pages

Show HN: Convert a Markdown Doc to WordPress Posts and Pages
22 by mpurham | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: What does WhatsApp’s upcoming monetisation mean for the company and its users?

What does WhatsApp’s upcoming monetisation mean for the company and its users?
62 by dsr12 | 40 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Most advanced XSS detection suite

Most advanced XSS detection suite
71 by godfrzero | 8 comments on Hacker News.