This video is part of a six part series regarding the Nuttall Fire in 2004. Be sure to watch all the videos and think about how the lessons from that fire relate to your next fire assignment.
Even on a clear mid-day, a thermal rising into the upper atmosphere, cools and falls back to Earth as a downdraft. Cold and heavy it smothers the ventilation of heat upward, and drives the fires heat against the ground, preheating fuel ahead of the actual flames. Since this is invisible to the eyes, I think this effect is overlooked.
Looks so dry in the background. I tried living in several places in CA. Have plenty of money. Still failure after failure, fires and people ripping me off