Red Flag Warnings, March 21, 2013

Red Flag Warnings, 3-21-2013

Some portions of New Mexico, Texas, Alabama, and Georgia are under Red Flag Warnings for enhanced wildfire danger today. The National Weather Service site that usually serves up a dandy map showing the warnings is not working properly this morning, so we’re making do with the substitute above. If you need to interpret the colors other than red, which is for Red Flag Warnings, you can go to this NWS site where you’ll see a legend showing, for example, six different shades of brown, with three of them being almost identical light brown. Ridiculous.

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The map above was current as of 9:35 a.m. MT on Thursday. Red Flag Warnings can change throughout the day as the National Weather Service offices around the country update and revise their forecasts. For the most current data, visit this NWS site, however today the graphics are not working correctly..

Red Flag Warnings, March 20, 2013

Red Flag Warnings

Warnings and Watches for enhanced wildfire danger have been issued by the National Weather Service for areas in New Mexico, Alabama, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Texas, and Georgia.

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The map above was current as of 1:14 p.m. MT on Wednesday. Red Flag Warnings can change throughout the day as the National Weather Service offices around the country update and revise their forecasts. For the most current data, visit this NWS site.

Red Flag Warnings, March 17, 2013

Red Flag Warnings, 3-17-2013

Portions of New Mexico, Texas, and Colorado are under Red Flag Warnings today.

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The map above was current as of 2:20 p.m. MT on Sunday. Red Flag Warnings can change throughout the day as the National Weather Service offices around the country update and revise their forecasts. For the most current data, visit this NWS site.

Red Flag Warnings for Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida

Red Flag Warning, 3-13-2013
Red Flag Warnings, March 13, 2013

The National Weather Service has issued Red Flag Warnings for portions of Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida for breezy conditions along with low humidities Wednesday afternoon.

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The map above was current as of 10:50 a.m. CT on Wednesday. Red Flag Warnings can change throughout the day as the dozens of National Weather Service offices around the country update and revise their forecasts. For the most current data, visit this NWS site.

Most of the West is in drought

(Updated map, March 14, 2013) 

Drought Monitor, March 12, 2013

All of the western United States, except for portions of the northwest and the northern Rockies, are in drought.

When people ask me this time of the year what the wildfire season is going to be like, I usually tell them to ask me again in August and I’ll have a better idea. While drought has an effect on how busy a fire season will be, the more important factor is the weather DURING the fire season. If it is hot and dry, there will be more blackened acres than average. Cool and wet weather in the summer results in a slower fire season.