Weather
Current Conditions
Fire Weather Advisories
Haines Index
RAWS and Other Observations
- Meso West PNW Surface Weather Map (need to change the Network to RAWS once page is accessed)
- Meso West PNW Current Weather Summary
Satellite
- NWS 4 kilometer Infrared Image
- NWS 4 Kilometer Water Vapor Image
- NWS 1 Kilometer Visible Image (daytime only)
- UW Hemispheric Infrared Loop
Radar
Lightning
National Weather Service Fire Weather
- Geographical Fire Weather Forecast
- Western Region Fire Weather Page
- Clickable map of Pacific NW Fire Weather Forecasts and Discussion
FARSITE Weather Data Generators
- NWS FARSITE Data Acquisition
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- FARSITE Weather Data Generator
(756K)
Pacific NW Fire Weather Operating Plan
Snow/Precipitation Data
Climatology/Drought
- Western Region Climate Center
- United States Climatologies
- Climate, Ecosystem and Fire Applications (CEFA)
- Climate Mapping with Prism
- Western U.S. Precipitation Percentage of Normal for Year
- Extreme Weather and Climate Events
- RAWS USA Climatology
- Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI)
- Keetch-Byrum Drought Index (KBDI)
- Drought Monitor
- Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI)
Smoke Monitoring
- Oregon Department of Forestry
- Washington Department of Natural Resources (WADNR)
- Interagency Real Time Smoke Monitoring
Weather Maps
- UCAR Current Atmospheric Soundings
- NW Surface Weather Plot
- Morning Haines Index map
- National Gridded Forecast Database
Weather Forecast Models
Other
- Critical Fire Weather Patterns of the US
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- Critical Fire Weather Patterns Webcast Part 1 (25 MB)
- Critical Fire Weather Patterns Webcast Part 2 (19 MB)
- Critical Fire Weather Patterns Webcast Part 3 (23 MB)
- Critical Fire Weather Patterns Webcast Part 4 (31 MB)
- Taking Good Weather Observations
(166 KB)