Region 4 GIS
United States
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service


Introduction:
  • An Introdution to this page!


  • Weather Pattern Alert:
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  • AVHRR Images 2002:
  • Go to monthly index page!


  • Archived Images:
  • Main image archive page
  • Year 2001 Images
  • Year 2000 Images


  • Other Images:
  • 20 year fire history Region 4


  • Situation Reports:
  • National Interagency Situation Report
  • Archived Situation Reports
  • National Fire News


  • Satellite Links:
  • AVHRR sensor Characteristics
  • TOMS: Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics)


  • Weather Links:
  • Radar, Satellite views, etc... 
  • National Fire Weather Forecasts


  • Climate Links:
  • Climate conditions


  • Wildfire Maps, News, and Other Links:
  • GEOMAC
  • NIFC National Fire Maps
  • NIFC MODIS Firemaps
  • Large Wildland Fire Map
  • Year to Date Statisitcs
  • USFS Fire News
  • National Fire News
  • BLM Fire and Aviation
  • National Interagency Coordination Center
  • Southwest Area Wildland Fire Operations Website

  • Climate Conditions

    This page gives several sources to view the climate conditions throughout the west. This includes current conditions,  predictions, and outlooks.


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    Current Conditions:

    Wildland Fire Assessment System (WFAS)


    1000 hour dead fuel moisture
    (Continental United States)

    1000 fuel Moisture
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    Wildland Fire Assessment System (WFAS) home page links:
    http://www.fs.fed.us/land/wfas
    http://wfas.net/cgi-bin/nav.cgi?pages=wfas&mode=1

    Other links:
    WFAS dead fuel moisture home page
    10 hour dead fuel moisture
    100 hour dead fuel moisture


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    Drought Severity Indexes:

    Long term Palmer drought severity index
    (Continental United States)

    Click to enlarge


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    Climate Prediction:

    30 Day and 90 Day percent of normal precipitation and departure from average temperatures:
    (Continental United States)

    30 day percent of normal precipitation
    30 day departure from average temperature

    90 day percent of normal precipitation
    90 day departure from average temperature

    Climate Prediction Center home page:
    http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/regional_monitoring/usa.html


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    Long Lead Multi-Season Climate Outlooks:

    30 Day and 90 Day temperature and precipitation outlooks:
    (Continental United States)

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    Legend (click to enlarge)

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    Long Lead Multi-Season Climate Home page:
    http://wrcc.dri.edu/longrang.html


    United States
    Department of Agriculture
    Forest Service


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    LAST UPDATE:  Thursday, 05-Jul-2001 17:31:16 EDT