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2 hours ago, Cyclone-68 said:

I heard another theory recently that sparks from that tragedy in Wisconsin may have started the Chicago fire?

The Peshtigo account had the fire coming from the west.  Sending sparks 220 miles due south is rather unlikely.  It would be like a big fire near PWM being responsible for the Nova Scotia fires.

The Maine fires of autumn 1947 are chronicled well in "The Week Maine Burned".  My only criticism is that no maps were included.  The big southern Maine blowup on 10/24/47 was triggered by a classic dry CF that brings an abrupt 90° directional change of wind direction (SW to NW), making the relatively safe flank of the fire into its unstoppable head.  The CAA also came with very strong winds, described as 50+ mph.  That "East Brownfield" fire covered over 100k acres and torched that town and one other.  A couple days earlier, the "Kennebunkport" fire was only stopped by the Atlantic, though flying embers set fire to a small island about 3/4 mile from the mainland.

PWM temps.  No measurable RA had fallen so far that month and only 0.08" since 9/22.

10/22/47   70   37
10/23/47   83   35
10/24/47   59   26
10/25/47   65   20

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