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Table 2 Weather observations during chaparral prescribed fires at U.C. Hopland Research and Extension Center and BLM Cow Mountain, northern California.

From: Measuring the Rate of Spread of Chaparral Prescribed fires in Northern California

Site

Date

Time

Sky

Temp. (°C)

Relative humidity (%)

Average direction & wind speed (km h−1)

HREC1

June 1995

1100

Cloudy

21

61

S2

HREC2

June 1995

1200

Cloudy

26

49

SW5-7

COW

November 2005

1400

Cloudy

17.5

53

SW2-8

HREC3

February 2006

1200

Clear

20

34

NNW2-8

HREC4

February 2006

1400

Clear

18.3

36

NW2-4

HREC5

February 2006

1445

Clear

15.5

30

NW2-3

HREC6

December 2006

1300

Clear

18.3

34

SW0-4