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FireWeather_SantaFeCanyon

Methods

Download FireFamilyPlus v5: https://www.firelab.org/document/firefamilyplus-software

Download station data in FW13 format from famweb: https://fam.nwcg.gov/fam-web/weatherfirecd/state_data.htm

Santa Fe Canyon station number is 290901

Open FFP and create a new DB (/FFPDB/SantaFeCanyonRAWS.mdb)

Import data (File -> Import)

Select the FW13 file.

Choose 290901 as the SIG/Station

Change data years to be through 2020.

Set annual filter for fire season (roughly March 1 through July 31)

Save the DB (overwrite is OK)

Click on Weather -> Climatology

For 1-hour FM, 10-hr FM, 100 hr FM, Herb FM and Woody FM: set your critical points (CP #1 and CP #2) to the percentiles that you're planning to run though FlamMap. E.g. 10 is 90th percentile dryness, 3 is 97th percentile dryness.

Check the "Daily Freqs" box for the above variables.

Click Run.

See the "Variable: ..." section of the resulting files fro the "critical point" percentile values.

Results

Santa Fe Canyon Results (daily values 2004-2020):

Variable 90th Pctile 97th Pctile
1hr FM 1.96 1.39
10-hr FM 2.85 2.14
100-hr 5.38 4.34
Herb FM 1.96 1.39
Woody FM 60 60

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