The calculated DC.
The calculated DMC.
The calculated DSR.
The calculated daily FFMC.
The calculated daily FWI.
The calculated daily ISI.
The calculated hourly FFMC.
The calculated hourly FWI.
The calculated hourly ISI.
The date and time.
The number of hours adjusted for DST. Leave 0 for no DST.
The method to calculate the hourly FFMC.
The location to calculate FWI values for.
The amount of precipitation to noon.
The relative humidity at noon as a percent.
The temperature at noon.
The average wind speed at noon.
Current hours precipitation.
Previous hours FFMC.
Current relative humidity.
Current temperature.
Current wind speed.
Yesterdays DC.
Yesterdays DMC
Yesterdays FFMC.
Calculate the FWI statistics from the given inputs.
A method that will be called when the FWI calculation has been completed.
Calculate the FWI statistics from the given inputs.
The current FwiCalculations object with the calculated daily statistics values populated.
Calculate BUI (buildup index) from DC, DMC.
BUI provides a numerical, relative indication of the amount of fuel available for combustion.
DC value.
DMC value.
Calculate BUI (buildup index) from DC, DMC.
BUI provides a numerical, relative indication of the amount of fuel available for combustion.
DC value.
DMC value.
The calculated BUI stored as a string.
Calculates the drought code.
Calculates DC (drought code) given the previous day's DC and provided conditions. DC provides a numerical rating of the average moisture content of the deep (10-24 cm), compact organic layers.
The previous day's DC value.
Precipitation in the prior 24 hours (noon to noon, LST) (mm).
Noon (LST) temperature (Celsius).
Radians, used to determine the appropriate table as defined in "Latitude Considerations in Adapting the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System To Other Countries", M.E. Alexander, in prep as Index X in Weather Guide for the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System by B.D. Lawson, O.B. Armitage.
Radians, reserved for future use, currently unused (may be if/as/when more regional constants are defined).
Origin 0 (January = 0, December = 11).
Calculates the drought code.
Calculates DC (drought code) given the previous day's DC and provided conditions. DC provides a numerical rating of the average moisture content of the deep (10-24 cm), compact organic layers.
The previous day's DC value.
Precipitation in the prior 24 hours (noon to noon, LST) (mm).
Noon (LST) temperature (Celsius).
Radians, used to determine the appropriate table as defined in "Latitude Considerations in Adapting the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System To Other Countries", M.E. Alexander, in prep as Index X in Weather Guide for the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System by B.D. Lawson, O.B. Armitage.
Radians, reserved for future use, currently unused (may be if/as/when more regional constants are defined).
Origin 0 (January = 0, December = 11).
The calculated drought code stored as a string.
Calculates the duff moisture code.
Calculates daily DMC (duff moisture code) given the previous day's DMC and provided conditions. DMC provides a numerical rating of the average moisture content of the loosely compact organic layers of a moderate depth (5-10cm).
The previous day's DMC value.
Precipitation in the prior 24 hours (noon to noon, LST) (mm).
Noon (LST) temperature (Celsius).
Radians, used to determine the appropriate table as defined in "Latitude Considerations in Adapting the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System To Other Countries", M.E. Alexander, in prep as Index X in Weather Guide for the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System by B.D. Lawson, O.B. Armitage.
Radians, reserved for future use, currently unused (may be if/as/when more regional constants are defined).
Origin 0 (January = 0, December = 11)
Relative humidity expressed as a fraction ([0..1]) at noon LST.
Calculates the duff moisture code.
Calculates daily DMC (duff moisture code) given the previous day's DMC and provided conditions. DMC provides a numerical rating of the average moisture content of the loosely compact organic layers of a moderate depth (5-10cm).
The previous day's DMC value.
Precipitation in the prior 24 hours (noon to noon, LST) (mm).
Noon (LST) temperature (Celsius).
Radians, used to determine the appropriate table as defined in "Latitude Considerations in Adapting the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System To Other Countries", M.E. Alexander, in prep as Index X in Weather Guide for the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System by B.D. Lawson, O.B. Armitage.
Radians, reserved for future use, currently unused (may be if/as/when more regional constants are defined).
Origin 0 (January = 0, December = 11)
Relative humidity expressed as a fraction ([0..1]) at noon LST.
The calculated duff moisture code stored as a string.
Calculates the daily FFMC.
Calculates daily FFMC (fine fuel moisture code), based on the previous day's FFMC and provided conditions. FFMC is a numerical rating of the moisture content of litter and other cured fine fuels.
The previous day's Van Wagner FFMC value.
Precipitation in the prior 24 hours (noon to noon, LST) (mm).
Noon (LST) temperature (Celsius).
Relative humidity expressed as a fraction ([0..1]).
Wind speed (kph) at noon LST.
Calculates the daily FFMC.
Calculates daily FFMC (fine fuel moisture code), based on the previous day's FFMC and provided conditions. FFMC is a numerical rating of the moisture content of litter and other cured fine fuels.
The previous day's Van Wagner FFMC value.
Precipitation in the prior 24 hours (noon to noon, LST) (mm).
Noon (LST) temperature (Celsius).
Relative humidity expressed as a fraction ([0..1]).
Wind speed (kph) at noon LST.
The calculated daily FFMC stored as a string.
Calculates DSR from FWI.
Calculates DSR from FWI.
The calculated DSR stored as a string.
Calculates f(F), which is used to calculate ISI from FFMC.
FFMC value.
Time since observed FFMC.
Calculates f(F), which is used to calculate ISI from FFMC.
FFMC value.
Time since observed FFMC.
The calculated f(F) stored as a string.
Calculates FWI (fire weather index) from ISI and BUI.
FWI provides a numerical, relative rating of fire intensity.
ISI value.
BUI value.
Calculates FWI (fire weather index) from ISI and BUI.
FWI provides a numerical, relative rating of fire intensity.
ISI value.
BUI value.
The calculated FWI stored as a string.
Calculate the previous hours FFMC.
Calculates the previous hourly FFMC (fine fuel moisture code), using equilibrium mathematical model, based on the current hour's FFMC and previous hour's provided conditions. FFMC is a numerical rating of the moisture content of litter and other cured fine fuels.
The previous time's equilibrium FFMC value.
Precipitation in the prior hour (mm).
The prior hours temperature (Celsius).
Relative humidity expressed as a fraction ([0..1]).
Wind speed (kph).
Calculate the previous hours FFMC.
Calculates the previous hourly FFMC (fine fuel moisture code), using equilibrium mathematical model, based on the current hour's FFMC and previous hour's provided conditions. FFMC is a numerical rating of the moisture content of litter and other cured fine fuels.
The previous time's equilibrium FFMC value.
Precipitation in the prior hour (mm).
The prior hours temperature (Celsius).
Relative humidity expressed as a fraction ([0..1]).
Wind speed (kph).
The calculated previous hour's FFMC value stored as a string.
Calculates a contiguous hourly FFMC.
Calculates a contiguous hourly FFMC (fine fuel moisture code), using Lawson's mathematical model, based on the daily Van Wagner FFMC values for the previous and current days, as well as current provided conditions. FFMC is a numerical rating of the moisture content of litter and other cured fine fuels. This technique uses linear interpolation between 11am and noon LST. It also applies similar smoothing in morning hours.
The previous day's standard daily Van Wagner FFMC value.
The current day's standard daily Van Wagner FFMC value.
Relative humidity at the start of the hour, expressed as a fraction ([0..1]).
Instantaneous relative humidity expressed as a fraction ([0..1]).
Relative humidity at the end of the hour (start of next hour) expressed as a fraction ([0..1]).
The time to calculate the FFMC value for.
Calculates a contiguous hourly FFMC.
Calculates a contiguous hourly FFMC (fine fuel moisture code), using Lawson's mathematical model, based on the daily Van Wagner FFMC values for the previous and current days, as well as current provided conditions. FFMC is a numerical rating of the moisture content of litter and other cured fine fuels. This technique uses linear interpolation between 11am and noon LST. It also applies similar smoothing in morning hours.
The previous day's standard daily Van Wagner FFMC value.
The current day's standard daily Van Wagner FFMC value.
Relative humidity at the start of the hour, expressed as a fraction ([0..1]).
Instantaneous relative humidity expressed as a fraction ([0..1]).
Relative humidity at the end of the hour (start of next hour) expressed as a fraction ([0..1]).
The time to calculate the FFMC value for.
The contiguous hourly FFMC stored as a string.
Calculate the previous hours FFMC.
Calculates the previous hourly FFMC (fine fuel moisture code), using Van Wagner's mathematical model, based on the current hour's FFMC and previous hour's provided conditions. FFMC is a numerical rating of the moisture content of litter and other cured fine fuels.
The current time's Van Wagner FFMC value.
Precipitation in the prior hour (mm).
The prior hours temperature (Celsius).
Relative humidity expressed as a fraction ([0..1]).
Wind speed (kph).
Calculate the previous hours FFMC.
Calculates the previous hourly FFMC (fine fuel moisture code), using Van Wagner's mathematical model, based on the current hour's FFMC and previous hour's provided conditions. FFMC is a numerical rating of the moisture content of litter and other cured fine fuels.
The current time's Van Wagner FFMC value.
Precipitation in the prior hour (mm).
The prior hours temperature (Celsius).
Relative humidity expressed as a fraction ([0..1]).
Wind speed (kph).
The calculated previous hours FFMC value stored as a string.
Calculate the hourly FFMC.
Calculates hourly FFMC (fine fuel moisture code), using the experimental Equilibrium mathematical model developed by K. Anderson, based on the previous hour's FFMC and provided conditions. FFMC is a numerical rating of the moisture content of litter and other cured fine fuels.
The previous time's Van Wagner FFMC value.
Precipitation in the prior hour (mm).
The prior hours temperature (Celsius).
Relative humidity expressed as a fraction ([0..1]).
Wind speed (kph).
Number of seconds since observed FFMC.
Calculate the hourly FFMC.
Calculates hourly FFMC (fine fuel moisture code), using the experimental Equilibrium mathematical model developed by K. Anderson, based on the previous hour's FFMC and provided conditions. FFMC is a numerical rating of the moisture content of litter and other cured fine fuels.
The previous time's Van Wagner FFMC value.
Precipitation in the prior hour (mm).
The prior hours temperature (Celsius).
Relative humidity expressed as a fraction ([0..1]).
Wind speed (kph).
Number of seconds since observed FFMC.
The calculated FFMC value stored as a string.
Calculate the hourly FFMC.
Calculates hourly FFMC (fine fuel moisture code), using Lawson's mathematical model, based on the previous and current daily FFMC values (using Van Wagner) and provided conditions. FFMC is a numerical rating of the moisture content of litter and other cured fine fuels.
The previous day's standard daily Van Wagner FFMC value.
The current day's standard daily Van Wagner FFMC value.
Relative humidity expressed as a fraction ([0..1]).
The time to calculate the FFMC value for (seconds into day).
Calculate the hourly FFMC.
Calculates hourly FFMC (fine fuel moisture code), using Lawson's mathematical model, based on the previous and current daily FFMC values (using Van Wagner) and provided conditions. FFMC is a numerical rating of the moisture content of litter and other cured fine fuels.
The previous day's standard daily Van Wagner FFMC value.
The current day's standard daily Van Wagner FFMC value.
Relative humidity expressed as a fraction ([0..1]).
The time to calculate the FFMC value for (seconds into day).
The calculated FFMC value stored as a string.
Calculate the hourly FFMC.
Calculates hourly FFMC (fine fuel moisture code), using Van Wagner's mathematical model, based on the previous hour's FFMC and provided conditions. FFMC is a numerical rating of the moisture content of litter and other cured fine fuels.
The previous time's Van Wagner FFMC value.
Precipitation since observed FFMC (mm).
The temperature (Celsius).
Relative humidity expressed as a fraction ([0..1]).
Wind speed (kph).
Seconds since observed ffmc.
Calculate the hourly FFMC.
Calculates hourly FFMC (fine fuel moisture code), using Van Wagner's mathematical model, based on the previous hour's FFMC and provided conditions. FFMC is a numerical rating of the moisture content of litter and other cured fine fuels.
The previous time's Van Wagner FFMC value.
Precipitation since observed FFMC (mm).
The temperature (Celsius).
Relative humidity expressed as a fraction ([0..1]).
Wind speed (kph).
Seconds since observed ffmc.
The calculated FFMC value stored as a string.
Calculates ISI from FFMC and wind speed.
ISI provides a numerical rating of the relative expected rate of fire spread. The FBP system uses a local site-specific ISI influenced by topography.
FFMC value.
Wind speed (kph).
Time since observed FFMC.
Calculates ISI from FFMC and wind speed.
ISI provides a numerical rating of the relative expected rate of fire spread. The FBP system uses a local site-specific ISI influenced by topography.
FFMC value.
Wind speed (kph).
Time since observed FFMC.
The calculated ISI stored as a string.
Calculates ISI from FFMC and wind speed.
ISI provides a numerical rating of the relative expected rate of fire spread.
FFMC value.
Wind speed (kph).
Time since observed FFMC.
Calculates ISI from FFMC and wind speed.
ISI provides a numerical rating of the relative expected rate of fire spread.
FFMC value.
Wind speed (kph).
Time since observed FFMC.
The calculated ISI stored as a string.
The calculated BUI.