Fire Weather Internet Resources
Dimple Dell. Sandy. Summer 2001
Spruce & subalpine fir crowning
Spot fire 0.8 km from main fire (crowning)
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/reports/billionz.html#LIST
Trend in # Fires and Total Yearly Acreage
Selected Major Historical Fires
Fires: 1981-2000
http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/rsgis_fire/
Fire shape & intensity pattern depend on slope angle, orientation, wind direction and speed
Diurnal changes in relative humidity
Automatic fire weather stations
Summit fire (OR), plume-dominated. Lightning and downbursts developed in convective column
Beneficial fires - to meet resource management objectives:
Backfiring in light grass at Kingman, AZ, June 1994
Backfiring in heavy fuels near McCall, Idaho, Aug 1994
Prescribed fires in western OR
Plumes from E Oregon and central Idaho fires, 29 July 1989
Satellite photo of smoke transport
Smoke creates hazardous flying conditions near fire camp
Aug. 16: http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/rsac/fire_maps.html