FS Rocky Mountain Center for Fire Weather and Smoke Forecast

Mon, Oct 13, 2008

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RMC Product Survey RAWS Review MFF Model Report

Real Time Fire-Weather Intelligence & Smoke Forecast for the Continental USA.

Observed Weather

Regional Maps:

Point Observations

Gridded LAPS Data

High Resolution Winds

Regional maps of Observed Weather are generated using the Local Analysis and Prediction System (LAPS).

Weather Forecast

Regional Maps:

RAWS Sites Forecast New

Point Forecast
• Submit Forecast Point

Gridded Forecast Data

Forecast Verification

High Resolution Winds

Applications

Smoke Dispersion:

• Submit Prescribed Burn

Weather Planner

FARSITE Weather Data

FlamMap Weather Data

Solar Power Forecast New

Over 200,000 Weather & Smoke Products Available at Your Fingertips!

US Forest Service

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Fire, Fuel & Smoke Sci. Program

CO Smoke Management Program

AZ Dept. of Environmental Quality

NM Smoke Management Program

National Weather Service

NOAA Fire Weather Page

Webmaster: Ned Nikolov (nnikolov@fs.fed.us)

Special Weather Report:
Mount Liebig (MT)
Sep. 19-21, 2004

• Observed Weather
• Point Forecast (09/20)

Experimental Products

RMC Infrastructure

• The RMC Team
• RMC Linux Cluster

... provides Forecasts of Smoke Dispersion from wildfires and prescribed burns in the Western USA.

... provides Go/No-Go decision support for weather sensitive events.

... generates input weather files of forecast data for the FARSITE fire behavior model.

... generates input weather files of forecast data for the FlamMap fire model.

... submits a Forecast Point to generate input weather files for the FARSITE / FlamMap fire-behavior models.

... provides forecast maps of NFDRS Indices for the Continental USA.

... predicts electrical power output from photovoltaic solar panels using forecast solar radiation.