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2013 Summer Assessment

2013 Summer Assessment. John Winder CAL FIRE Sacramento Headquarters. 2013 Summer Assessment. 2013 Summer Assessment. Brief Review of 2012 Fire Season Winter of 2012/2013 – Climate & Weather Resulting Fuels Conditions Potential Scenarios for the Summer of 2013. Fire Season 2012.

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2013 Summer Assessment

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  1. 2013 Summer Assessment John Winder CAL FIRE Sacramento Headquarters

  2. 2013 Summer Assessment

  3. 2013 Summer Assessment • Brief Review of 2012 Fire Season • Winter of 2012/2013 – Climate & Weather • Resulting Fuels Conditions • Potential Scenarios for the Summer of 2013

  4. Fire Season 2012 • Major Departure From 2010 & 2011 • Started with Spring Lightning • Extended Monsoons Tracked West • Thunderstorm Winds • Fuels Conditions Supported Large Fires

  5. Precipitation

  6. Driest January through April at Redding Airport/ North Ops in 49 years (since ‘64)

  7. Live Fuel Moisture

  8. WILDCARDS • Lightning/Monsoon Tracks • North Winds • Summer Weather • Santa Ana Season Severity • Season Ending Event

  9. 2013 Summer Assessment ANY QUESTIONS?

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