A Spokane meteorologist is on his way to Australia to lend his expertise on the bush fires that have devastated 3,000 homes and killed more than 30 people.
Fire weather forecasting is nothing new to Todd Carter, who’s a meteorologist at the National Weather Service.
On Saturday, he’ll be trading snow for summer, using weather data to give firefighters the upper hand.
The fires have gotten so bad, the smoke is visible from space. So far, roughly 18 million acres have burned- an area so large, it could cover most of Eastern and Central Washington.
“One of the most extreme fire seasons in history,” said Carter. “During extreme fire seasons, one important component is knowing what the weather is going to do.”
Carter will join a team of meteorologists forecasting fire weather.