Does the smoke during a huge brush fire do something to the atmosphere and cause it to rain?

Question

I'm from Southern California and sometimes after one of our seasonal firestorms what can cause up to 500,000 acres of charred brush, I notice the weather shortly thereafter becomes overcast and begins to rain.

Answer 1

All the small particles of soot waft high into the air and provide something for a water droplet to coalesce around in the clouds. This amounts to seeding a cloud to make it rain. It won't be as effective as seeding it with dry ice particles but it does have some effect. Soldiers in war sometimes notice more than the ususual amount of rain after a battle has been raging and gunsmoke has been hanging in the air for an extended period of time.

Answer 2

could be the heat and oceans just watch out for the acid rains those do go through the ash and smoke.

Answer 3

i don't believe there is a correlation..