The massive bushfires raging in Australia could change the weather, according to Australian meteorologists. "Fires can generate weather and weather can generate fires, they're kind of an interlocked system," said meteorologist Rosemary Barr from Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). DARREN PATEMEN/AP The bushfires raging in Australia have the potential to influence the weather, and vice versa, according to Australian meteorologists. Predicting these types of fire-influenced weather events wasn't easy, it would require a "new understanding of not just weather but also fire conditions and behaviour". BROOK MITCHELL/GETTY IMAGES "Fires can generate weather and weather can generate fires, they're kind of an interlocked system," said meteorologist Rosemary Barr from Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BOM).

Source: Stuff November 12, 2019 23:07 UTC