Archived Webinar - Elements of the National Weather Service Fire Weather Forecast

A recording of this webinar is available to stream via the Lake States Fire Science Consortium Youtube channel. 

Elements of the National Weather Service Fire Weather Forecast

Casey Sullivan
National Weather Service, Chicago/Romeoville office
March 5, 2014

A document with contact information for fire weather forecasters at National Weather Service field offices is now available to download.

This webinar provides overview of the National Weather Service fire weather forecast program and discussed elements of the fire weather forecast available to any fire practitioner. The hourly weather graph and definitions of surface winds were emphasized.

About the presenter:

Casey Sullivan is a forecaster and meteorologist at the National Weather Service, Chicago/Romeoville office and is the fire weather program manager. He is the fire weather program manager, acting as the liaison between the staff at the Chicago office and the local fire and land managers. He works with fire/land managers who perform prescribed fires or respond to wildfires, including staff at the U.S. Forest Service Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, National Park Service Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, home to more than 5 million residents.