Wind Shift

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Wildfire Knowledge Graph · Fuels & Weather

Working definition

A material change in wind direction that can rapidly alter head-fire orientation, spread direction and exposure.

In plain language

A material change in wind direction that can rapidly alter head-fire orientation, spread direction and exposure.

Why it matters

Wind Shift is useful because it separates one specific part of wildfire behaviour, exposure, operations or evidence from nearby concepts that can otherwise be mixed together.

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Tecnobosque explanation reviewed 12 September 2026. Source definitions are authoritative within their stated jurisdiction; the explanatory text above is an independent technical synthesis.