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Table 4 Moderate and severe fire weather conditions used in the Fire and Fuels Extension-Forest Vegetation Simulator to model fire behavior. Information derived from Coyote, Jarita Mesa, and Brushy Mountain Remote Automated Weather Stations (RAWS) in New Mexico (http://raws.wrh.noaa.gov/roman/index.html) unless otherwise noted.

From: The Influence of Western Spruce Budworm on Fire in Spruce-Fir Forests

Moisture (%)

Fuel type

Moderate (80th percentile)

Severe (97th percentile)

Source

Duff

50

15

Rebain et al. 2013

1-hour fuels

3

1

RAWS

10-hour fuels

4

3

RAWS

100-hour fuels

6

3

RAWS

1000-hour fuels (sound)

9

4

RAWS

Herbage

17

3

RAWS

Woody

60

60

RAWS

Fire weather

 

Moderate

Severe

 

Wind speed (km hr−1)

11

27

RAWS

Temperature (°C)

19

27

RAWS