Weather Impacts on the Oklahoma Fire Danger Model Case Study Page Event Data: Case I Event Data: Case II Event Data: Case III Event Data: Case IV Event Data: Case V

Exercise Data

Case I: February 23-25, 1998

Oklahoma Fire Danger Model Output Plots		February 23, 1998 Burning Index:      00 Z  06 Z      12 Z  20 Z Energy Release Component:      00 Z  06 Z      12 Z  20 Z Ignition Component:      00 Z  06 Z      12 Z  20 Z Spread Component:      00 Z  06 Z      12 Z  20 Z	February 24, 1998 Burning Index:      00 Z  06 Z      12 Z  20 Z Energy Release Component:      00 Z  06 Z      12 Z  20 Z Ignition Component:      00 Z  06 Z      12 Z  20 Z Spread Component:      00 Z  06 Z      12 Z  20 Z	February 25, 1998 Burning Index:      00 Z  06 Z      12 Z  20 Z Energy Release Component:      00 Z  06 Z      12 Z  20 Z Ignition Component:      00 Z  06 Z      12 Z  20 Z Spread Component:      00 Z  06 Z      12 Z  20 Z
Oklahoma Mesonet Plots		February 23, 1998 Fire Weather Plot Station Plot Mesonet Map Wind Gusts	February 24, 1998 Fire Weather Plot Station Plot Mesonet Map Wind Gusts	February 25, 1998 Fire Weather Plot Station Plot Mesonet Map Wind Gusts
Vegetative Greenness Data		Visual Greenness from February 19, 1998 Relative Greenness from February 19, 1998

Your Task: For the case you selected, do the following:

1. Examine the Vegetative Greenness Data and determine the areas of the state that are most burnable based solely on the fuel characteristics. Answer:[Case I ]

2. You have been given three days of Oklahoma Fire Danger Model Output with corresponding Oklahoma Mesonet plots, ending with the date and time of your case. Examine the first two days of data to learn the response of the fire danger model to diurnal changes in the weather conditions. Especially notice what the model output was like the day prior to your event. Answer:[Case I ]

3. Look at the Oklahoma Mesonet products for the time of your event. Without looking at the corresponding Fire Danger products, predict the response of the Oklahoma Fire Danger Model to the event as observed by the Oklahoma Mesonet. Does the actual response agree with your assessment? Answer:[Case I ]

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