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Case Study
Library:
"Florida Wildfires: 19-22 June 1998"
Developed by Arlene Laing and Charlie Paxton
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
- Case Summary
The wildfires that occurred in late spring and early summer of 1998 in the state of Florida were unprecedented in scale and impact on the state. Over 2,300 fires burned approximately half a million acres at a cost of over $620 million. The major outbreak was characterized by high levels of instability and moisture for deep convection, weak surface pressure gradients, quasi-stationary eastern sea breeze converging with opposing sea breeze, and weak vertical wind shear. Copious lightning was the single largest cause of fires and fire spread was closely tied to movement of thunderstorm downdrafts. Detail...
- GOES-8 Imagery Animation
- GOES-8 Imagery Animation From CIMSS GOES Gallery
- Surface Wind Imagery Animation
- Sounding Imagery Animation (Sounding)
- Fire Behavior Forecast:
- Sample Imagery
- Download the data (Mcidas files: AREA and MD)
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Last Updated: 22 April 2003
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