Session: Analysis and Forecasting of Fire Weather (100th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Wednesday, 15 January 2020: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

151A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Cochairs:

S. W. Bieda III, NWSFO, NOAA/NWS Amarillo, TX, Amarillo, TX and Ryan A. Lagerquist, CIMMS, Meteorology, Norman, OK

Description:

This session will be hosted by the 30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (30WAF). It will discuss analysis and forecasting techniques for fire weather, including recent extremes (e.g., extreme fire seasons in western North America and the Canadian sub-Arctic), pyrocumulonimbus, decision support for fire suppression, new fire-weather parameters used in forecasting, etc.

Papers:

8:30 AM

7B.1

From a Pyrocumulus to a Severe Thunderstorm: An Environmental Analysis of an Anomalous Southern Plains Wildfire

Kaitlin Ann Rutt, NWSFO, Amarillo, TX; and S. W. Bieda III, A. Ward, B. J. Simpson, T. T. Lindley, N. J. Nauslar, B. Curran, S. J. Fano, and P. J. Ware

8:45 AM

7B.2

Coupled Weather-Fire Model Simulations of Extreme Winds and Fire Behavior during Recent Windstorm-Driven Wildfire Events

Janice L. Coen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. Schroeder

9:00 AM

7B.3

Using North American Regional Reanalysis Composites to Identify and Forecast Fire-Effective Synoptic Features in the Southern Great Plains

Matthew Ryan Beitscher, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO; and T. T. Lindley, C. M. Gravelle, and C. Graves

9:15 AM

7B.4

Lightning-Ignited Fires in the Northwest United States and SPC Dry Thunderstorm Precipitation Thresholds

Abby E Sebol, NOAA Hollings Intern - NWS Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK; and E. M. Leitman and M. S. Elliott