Intermountain Region

Climate Conditions

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

• Current conditions
• Drought Index
• Predictions
• Outlooks

Current Conditions

Wildland Fire Assessment System (WFAS)

1000 hour dead fuel moisture
(Continental United States)

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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)

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

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