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Up one levelLinks to fire-related weather sites.
- American Horticultural Society Heat Zone Map
- The 12 zones of the map indicate the average number of days each year that a given region experiences "heat days"-temperatures over 86 degrees (30 degrees Celsius). That is the point at which plants begin suffering physiological damage from heat.
- Observed Fire Danger Map – Fire Behavior Research
- Each day during the fire season, the Wildland Fire Assessment System (WFAS-MAPS), located at the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station in Missoula, MT, produces national maps of selected fire weather and fire danger components of the National Fire Danger Rating System. http://wfas.net
- Real-time Fire Weather Model Maps
- Maps derived from atmosphere mesoscale model output. Learn more about real-time fire weather predictions from the Eastern Area Modeling Consortium.
- National Weather Service
- The National Weather Service (NWS) provides weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas; for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy. NWS data and products from a national information database and infrastructure which can be used by other governmental agencies, the private sector, the public, and the global community. (Note - this is their mission statement)
