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Topic: Fire weather

Fire crews in yellow safety jackets and helmets sweep through a burned wooded area to extinguish remains of a wildfire.

NOAA's wildfire detection system a game-changer for record-breaking Morrill fire

April 9, 2026

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Fire crews in yellow safety jackets and helmets sweep through a burned wooded area to extinguish remains of a wildfire.

NOAA IMETs Jeff Tonkin and Rebecca Muessle discuss their aviation forecast and briefing outside at the helicopter base of the Six Rivers Lightning Fire in Northern California on August 22, 2022.

Media availability: NOAA incident meteorologists train for wildfire season

February 12, 2026

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NOAA IMETs Jeff Tonkin and Rebecca Muessle discuss their aviation forecast and briefing outside at the helicopter base of the Six Rivers Lightning Fire in Northern California on August 22, 2022.

Smoke and flames from the Gifford wildfire dominate the night sky in the Garcia Wilderness, a 14,000-acre portion of the Los Padres National Forest near Pozo, California on August 12, 2025. The fire started on August 1, 2025 along Highway 166, west of Cuyama and has burned more than 130,000 acres.

Multimedia story: Forecasters chart the weather battlefield for fire crews

April 9, 2026

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Smoke and flames from the Gifford wildfire dominate the night sky in the Garcia Wilderness, a 14,000-acre portion of the Los Padres National Forest near Pozo, California on August 12, 2025. The fire started on August 1, 2025 along Highway 166, west of Cuyama and has burned more than 130,000 acres.

A firefighter stands on top of a fire truck to battle the Palisades Fire while it burns homes on the Pacific Coast Highway in Los Angeles, California. Dry conditions and near-hurricane-force Santa Ana winds contributed to the rapid spread of wildfires in the area.

New NOAA tool can predict potential wildfires on an hourly basis

August 28, 2025

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A firefighter stands on top of a fire truck to battle the Palisades Fire while it burns homes on the Pacific Coast Highway in Los Angeles, California. Dry conditions and near-hurricane-force Santa Ana winds contributed to the rapid spread of wildfires in the area.

Smoky view of wildfire burning with power lines in the foreground.

Calif. wildfires: Get the latest fire weather forecasts, maps and safety info

January 8, 2025

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Smoky view of wildfire burning with power lines in the foreground.

Left: July 25, 2024: Emergency responders on the scene at the California Park Fire. Right: August 8, 2024: National Weather Service Incident Meteorologist Ryan Walbrun briefs the CalFire Incident Management Team on smoke trajectory and impacts while deployed on the Park Fire.

It's not just hot air: Improved air quality model aids forecasters in the field

September 9, 2024

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Left: July 25, 2024: Emergency responders on the scene at the California Park Fire. Right: August 8, 2024: National Weather Service Incident Meteorologist Ryan Walbrun briefs the CalFire Incident Management Team on smoke trajectory and impacts while deployed on the Park Fire.

Red and yellow maple leaves with a light covering of snow.

Fall safety: Prepare for wildfires and pending winter weather

September 6, 2024

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Red and yellow maple leaves with a light covering of snow.

Kyle Thiem, with NOAA’s Global Systems Laboratory, highlights a high wind event in an upcoming simulation at the start of the final day of evaluating two new wildland fire decision support tools on large computer monitors in NOAA’s new Fire Weather Testbed

NOAA scientists testing next generation of wildfire detection, warning tools

July 22, 2024

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Kyle Thiem, with NOAA’s Global Systems Laboratory, highlights a high wind event in an upcoming simulation at the start of the final day of evaluating two new wildland fire decision support tools on large computer monitors in NOAA’s new Fire Weather Testbed

Image showing the Mosquito Wildfire burning in California as seen from NOAA’s GOES-18 satellite on September 13, 2022.

Biden-Harris Administration invests $250K to develop powerful artificial intelligence tool to assist wildland firefighting through Investing in America agenda

May 30, 2024

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Image showing the Mosquito Wildfire burning in California as seen from NOAA’s GOES-18 satellite on September 13, 2022.

Photo of IMETs learning how to set up an Incident Remote Automatic Weather Station (IRAWS). IRAWS gather observations useful for fire weather forecasting including wind speed and direction, air temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, solar radiation and fuel moisture.

NOAA Incident Meteorologists prepare for wildfire season

March 1, 2024

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Photo of IMETs learning how to set up an Incident Remote Automatic Weather Station (IRAWS). IRAWS gather observations useful for fire weather forecasting including wind speed and direction, air temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, solar radiation and fuel moisture.

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