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Fire Weather Information
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The NWS Western Region will implement new fire weather web pages on Thursday, August 28. On that date, the link from the "Fire Weather" selection on the left hand side of our main forecast page will switch to http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/firewx/main.php and bookmarks for fire weather information from our office will change. The page is already available for you to navigate and familiarize yourself with. Feel free to make new bookmarks as needed, especially for our local NWS office page which will be relocated to http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/firewx/?wfo=hnx, which is easily accessed from the main regional page by clicking on the map. The new pages are the result of several regional and national fire weather user surveys and many suggestions from users who tested early versions of the pages. The pages include the following important changes:
- All Red Flag Warning and Fire Weather Watch products in effect across Western Region are displayed on the main regional map.
- Spot forecast requests can be made from the main regional page by typing in the lat/lon of the fire or by selecting from the office pop up list on the left hand menu when the Spot (FWS) is moused over.
- Similarly, any local NWS office can be accessed by clicking the map or from using the left hand "Forecasts" menu.
- Red Flag Warning and Fire Weather Watch products can also be directly accessed from the left hand menu under "Current Hazards".
- There are direct links to weather data in GIS format, GACCs and national fire information.
- All local office fire weather pages are now nearly identical in layout. The spot forecast request link is always the first tab on the left in red above the map on all local office pages.
- Direct web interfaces for everything from the Fire Weather Planning Forecast to digital data are available across the top of the local map.
- Additional local information is available from the drop down menus under the tabs. Clicking the tabs will make the drop down menus static, if you prefer.
There are additional options from both the main regional page and our local page. It is important that you become familiar with the pages by August 21. We hope that the new fire weather pages provide you with better accessibility, uniformity and ease of use. Please let us know if you have any questions or comments. Please note that you can provide comments and suggestions from the main regional page by clicking on the e-mail link under "Top News".
Spot Forecasts
Interactive Forecast Maps
- California Fire Weather Page
View forecasts by Emergency Command Center Dispatch Area (ECCDA) or by Fire Weather Zone
- Digital Fire Weather Point
Forecast Matrix Interface (PFM)
CAUTION: This application generates a forecast matrix from a digital forecast database. It is intended
for general planning purposes only. This application is NOT meant to replace a spot forecast request. Please relay any
comments you have to your local NWS office. All forecast winds are at the 20 foot level.
General Fire Weather Forecasts
- Hanford - The Central California Interior including the Southern Sierra Nevada from Yosemite Park to the Tehachapi mountains.
- Monterey - The San Franciso Bay Area and the Central California Coast
- Eureka - Northwest California
- Medford - Southwest Oregon and Siskiyou and Modoc Counties
- Sacramento - The Northern California Interior incluing the Central Sierra Nevada from Eldorado N.F. and Tahoe N.F. to Stanislaus N.F.
- Reno - Northwest Nevada and Northeast California including the Eastern Sierra.
- Las Vegas - Southern Nevada, Northwest Arizona and the Mojave Desert area.
- Phoenix - Southwest Arizona and Southeast California
- Oxnard - Southwest California, including the L.A. Basin
- San Diego - Extreme Southwest California
- Additional fire weather forecasts outside of California. (Courtesy of NWS Boise)
- Storm Predication Center Fire Weather Outlook
Latest Fire Weather Watch/Red Flag Warnings
Fire Weather Maps
Observations
Fuel Moisture Charts
Drought And Stability Indices
List of Fire Weather Links
Other NWS Fire Weather Pages
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