Fire and Drought:
2002 Fire Weather Season

Outline

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http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/reports/billionz.html#LIST

Trend in # Fires and Total Yearly Acreage

Fires: 1981-2000
http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/rsgis_fire/

Top Ten Fire Years: 1960-2002

Selected Major Historical Fires

Peshtigo, Wisconsin Fire

Fire Triangle

Drought in the West

Fuel/Vegetation

Evolution of Greenness: 2002

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Hayman Fire

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Aftermath: January 7, 2003

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Rodeo-Chediski

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"QLCA3"

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Biscuit Fire

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Aug. 16: http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/rsac/fire_maps.html

Weather

Seattle Times  Thursday, December 12, 2002

NOAA Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction (CIRP)

http://www.met.utah.edu/mesowest

Local Data Assimilation

ADAS Surface Analysis: 2 km Resolution

ROMAN: www.met.utah.edu/roman

ROMAN

Las Vegas County Warning Area

Station Interface

Current Weather Summary

Trend Monitor

Max/Min Temperature

Weather Monitor

Precipitation Summary

Weather Near Fires

Weather Near Biscuit Fire

Plan for 2003 Fire Season

Outlook for the 2003 Fire Season

Wildlife Need Flood Like Noah's
Salt Lake Tribune Jan. 27, 2003

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Snowpack

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El Nino

ENSO and the PDO

1977: Analogue Year?

Climate Prediction Center: Spring ‘03

Climate Prediction Center: Summer ‘03

Drought and Fire Outlook

Summary

Variability in Great Salt Lake Level

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