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Topic: Fire weather

Smoky view of wildfire burning with power lines in the foreground.

Calif. wildfires: Get the latest fire weather forecasts, maps and safety info

January 8, 2025

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Smoky view of wildfire burning with power lines in the foreground.

Left: July 25, 2024: Emergency responders on the scene at the California Park Fire. Right: August 8, 2024: National Weather Service Incident Meteorologist Ryan Walbrun briefs the CalFire Incident Management Team on smoke trajectory and impacts while deployed on the Park Fire.

It's not just hot air: Improved air quality model aids forecasters in the field

September 9, 2024

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Left: July 25, 2024: Emergency responders on the scene at the California Park Fire. Right: August 8, 2024: National Weather Service Incident Meteorologist Ryan Walbrun briefs the CalFire Incident Management Team on smoke trajectory and impacts while deployed on the Park Fire.

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Fall safety: Prepare for wildfires and pending winter weather

September 6, 2024

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Red and yellow maple leaves with a light covering of snow.

Kyle Thiem, with NOAA’s Global Systems Laboratory, highlights a high wind event in an upcoming simulation at the start of the final day of evaluating two new wildland fire decision support tools on large computer monitors in NOAA’s new Fire Weather Testbed

NOAA scientists testing next generation of wildfire detection, warning tools

July 22, 2024

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Kyle Thiem, with NOAA’s Global Systems Laboratory, highlights a high wind event in an upcoming simulation at the start of the final day of evaluating two new wildland fire decision support tools on large computer monitors in NOAA’s new Fire Weather Testbed

Image showing the Mosquito Wildfire burning in California as seen from NOAA’s GOES-18 satellite on September 13, 2022.

Biden-Harris Administration invests $250K to develop powerful artificial intelligence tool to assist wildland firefighting through Investing in America agenda

May 30, 2024

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Image showing the Mosquito Wildfire burning in California as seen from NOAA’s GOES-18 satellite on September 13, 2022.

Photo of IMETs learning how to set up an Incident Remote Automatic Weather Station (IRAWS). IRAWS gather observations useful for fire weather forecasting including wind speed and direction, air temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, solar radiation and fuel moisture.

NOAA Incident Meteorologists prepare for wildfire season

March 1, 2024

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Photo of IMETs learning how to set up an Incident Remote Automatic Weather Station (IRAWS). IRAWS gather observations useful for fire weather forecasting including wind speed and direction, air temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, solar radiation and fuel moisture.

IMET trainee Rebecca Muessle provides an update on weather conditions to fire crews at Six Rivers Lightning Fire in Northern California on August 23, 2022. Credit: Robert Hyatt, NOAA’s National Weather Service.

NOAA Incident Meteorologists prepare for wildfire season in Boise

March 8, 2023

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IMET trainee Rebecca Muessle provides an update on weather conditions to fire crews at Six Rivers Lightning Fire in Northern California on August 23, 2022. Credit: Robert Hyatt, NOAA’s National Weather Service.

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