Fire behavior, fuel treatments, and fire suppression on the Hayman Fire - Part 1: Fire weather, meteorology, and climate

Larry S. Bradshaw; Roberta Bartlette; John McGinely; Karl Zeller

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Fire behavior, fuel treatments, and fire suppression on the Hayman Fire - Part 1: Fire weather, meteorology, and climate

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Larry S. Bradshaw, Roberta Bartlette, John McGinely, Karl Zeller

Year:

2003

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Graham, Russell T., Technical Editor. Hayman Fire Case Study. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-114. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 36-58

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Abstract

The Hayman Fire in June 2002 was heavily influenced by antecedent regional weather conditions, culminating in a series of daily weather events that aligned to produce widely varying fire behavior. This review of weather conditions associated with the Hayman Fire consists of two parts: 1) A brief overview of prior conditions as described by a regional climate review and assessment of the state of the fuels as described by the National Fire Danger Rating System; 2) a more detailed daily discussion of the synoptic scale and local meteorological conditions affecting the fire.

Parent Publication

Hayman Fire Case Study

Keywords

Hayman Fire, wildfire, fuel treatments, weather, meteorology, climate

Citation

Bradshaw, Larry; Bartlette, Roberta; McGinely, John; Zeller, Karl. 2003. Fire behavior, fuel treatments, and fire suppression on the Hayman Fire - Part 1: Fire weather, meteorology, and climate. In: Graham, Russell T., Technical Editor. Hayman Fire Case Study. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-114. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 36-58