Extreme weather and bushfire risk - Mercury Rising

Mika Peace (Bureau of Meteorology) describes some of the weather patterns which influence bushfires, and how bushfires can affect the weather around them. She also describs how the BoM develop their bushfire risk warnings. Mercury Rising: Extreme Bushfires was an RiAus event in association with the South Australian CFS, Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, and the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC.