Fire Weather and the Oklahoma Fire Danger Model
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Question 11. Take a minute to examine the Spread Component (SC) and BI output from each model run between 7:00 am on the 19th and 1:00 am on the 20th. Take note of the changes in BI and SC from one run to the next.
 



 
 
Answer. Both the Burning Index and Spread Component increase during the afternoon and decrease after sunset.


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