<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(123, 35, 170);"><a href="https://www.calacademy.org/explore-science/drought-hurting-animals-plants" class="">Drought Hurting Animals, Plants | California Academy of Sciences</a></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 119, 44);"><a href="https://www.calacademy.org/explore-science/drought-hurting-animals-plants" class="">https://www.calacademy.org/explore-science/drought-hurting-animals-plants</a></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(103, 103, 103);"><span class="" style="color: rgb(146, 146, 146);">Feb 7, 2014 - </span>Migrations, eating habits and hibernations are thrown off by California's <span class="" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><b class="">drought</b></span>.</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(123, 35, 170);"><span class="" style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.kcra.com/article/california-drought-increases-bear-encounters-with-humans/6429932" class="">Seeing more bears out in the open? Blame the drought - KCRA.com</a></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 119, 44);"><a href="http://www.kcra.com/article/california-drought-increases-bear-encounters-with.../6429932" class="">www.kcra.com/article/california-drought-increases-bear-encounters-with.../6429932</a></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(103, 103, 103);"><span class="" style="color: rgb(146, 146, 146);">Aug 4, 2016 - </span>A viral shows a mama bear playing in Lake Tahoe with her cubs. Experts say this isn't uncommon because the <span class="" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><b class="">drought</b></span> has drained the <span class="" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><b class="">bears</b></span>' usual source of water.</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(123, 35, 170);"><a href="http://www.kws.go.ke/content/effects-current-drought-wildlife-dispersal" class="">EFFECTS OF CURRENT DROUGHT ON WILDLIFE DISPERSAL ...</a></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 119, 44);"><a href="http://www.kws.go.ke/content/effects-current-drought-wildlife-dispersal" class="">www.kws.go.ke/content/effects-current-drought-wildlife-dispersal</a></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(103, 103, 103);"><span class="" style="color: rgb(146, 146, 146);">Oct 24, 2016 - </span>The ongoing <span class="" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><b class="">drought</b></span> situation in the country has resulted in dispersal of <span class="" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><b class="">wildlife</b></span> from their traditional habitats in search of pasture and water. This has increased the risk factor of conflict as the <span class="" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><b class="">wildlife</b></span> come into contact with the public and human activities resulting to an increase in human-<span class="" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><b class="">wildlife</b></span> conflicts.</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(123, 35, 170);"><span class="" style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-fires-drought-may-drive-more-wildlife-into-cities-1.3165480" class="">B.C. fires: drought may drive more wildlife into cities - British Columbia ...</a></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 119, 44);"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/.../canada/.../b-c-fires-drought-may-drive-more-wildlife-into-cities-1.31654" class="">www.cbc.ca/.../canada/.../b-c-fires-drought-may-drive-more-wildlife-into-cities-1.31654</a>...</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(103, 103, 103);"><span class="" style="color: rgb(146, 146, 146);">Jul 23, 2015 - </span>While it was a rare treat to find a baby deer wandering through downtown Vancouver earlier this week, wildlife experts say this year's <span class="" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><b class="">drought</b></span> could increase the number of human-wildlife encounters in urban areas. "In years like this where we don't have a lot of rainfall, we see the <span class="" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><b class="">bears</b></span> come into cities ...</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(123, 35, 170);"><span class="" style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bears-drought-texas-idUSTRE76S6TA20110729" class="">Drought-hit bears head for Texas urban areas - Reuters</a></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(4, 51, 255);"><span class="" style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bears-drought-texas-idUSTRE76S6TA20110729" class="">https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bears-drought-texas-idUSTRE76S6TA20110729<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(4, 51, 255);"></span></a></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(103, 103, 103);"><span class="" style="color: rgb(146, 146, 146);">Jul 29, 2011 - </span>A historic Texas <span class="" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><b class="">drought</b></span> is driving <span class="" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><b class="">bears</b></span> into urban areas searching for food and water, the latest in a series of bizarre wildlife stories to come out of the deadly hot and dry weather across the nation.</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(123, 35, 170);"><a href="https://nccwsc.usgs.gov/announcement-keywords/drought" class="">Drought - National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center - USGS</a></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 119, 44);"><a href="https://nccwsc.usgs.gov/announcement-keywords/drought" class="">https://nccwsc.usgs.gov/announcement-keywords/drought</a></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(103, 103, 103);"> “Ecological <span class="" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><b class="">drought</b></span> impacts are important,” said Shelley Crausbay, a researcher on the project conducted by the Ecological <span class="" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><b class="">Drought</b></span> Expert Working Group with support from the U.S. Geological Survey National Climate Change and <span class="" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><b class="">Wildlife</b></span> Science Center and the Science for Nature and People Partnership</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(123, 35, 170);"><span class="" style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&ved=0ahUKEwjn3Pbix4TYAhUE2oMKHUOABwYQFgg3MAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.accuweather.com%2Fen%2Fweather-news%2Fblack-bears-drought-nevada%2F34021657&usg=AOvVaw2S9h2YeQ0xdHAtm5lt6OEB" class="">Drought Forces Bears Into Nevada, California Communities in Search ...</a></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 119, 44);"><a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/black-bears-drought.../34021657" class="">https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/black-bears-drought.../34021657</a></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(103, 103, 103);"><span class="" style="color: rgb(146, 146, 146);">Sep 25, 2014 - </span><span class="" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><b class="">Drought</b></span> conditions in the West have limited the natural food supply for black <span class="" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><b class="">bears</b></span>, causing them to show up more frequently in Nevada communities.</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(123, 35, 170);"><span class="" style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/grizzy-bear-attacks-canada-seasonal-increase-1.3228809" class="">Upswing in grizzly attacks, black bear encounters not a reason to ...</a></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 119, 44);"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/grizzy-bear-attacks-canada-seasonal-increase-1.3228809" class="">www.cbc.ca/news/canada/grizzy-bear-attacks-canada-seasonal-increase-1.3228809</a></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(103, 103, 103);"><span class="" style="color: rgb(146, 146, 146);">Sep 20, 2015 - </span>Four grizzly bear attacks in B.C. this month may signal a short-term upswing in attacks, which usually have some connection to shortages in <span class="" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><b class="">bears</b></span>' natural food supply. ... </div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(123, 35, 170);"><a href="http://extension.colostate.edu/disaster-web-sites/drought-resources/drought-related-tip-sheets/impacts-of-drought-on-wildlife/" class="">Impacts of Drought on Wildlife - ExtensionExtension</a></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 119, 44);"><a href="http://extension.colostate.edu/disaster.../drought.../drought.../impacts-of-drought-on-wildlife" class="">extension.colostate.edu/disaster.../drought.../drought.../impacts-of-drought-on-wildlife</a>...</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(103, 103, 103);">Due to <span class="" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><b class="">drought</b></span>, less food, water, and cover will be available. Less food will likely result in reduced reproduction by adult animals. ... Impacts of <span class="" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><b class="">drought</b></span> on <span class="" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><b class="">wildlife</b></span> also will result in more conflicts between humans and <span class="" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><b class="">wildlife</b></span>.</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(123, 35, 170);"><a href="http://www.azwater.gov/azdwr/StatewidePlanning/Drought/documents/AGFD.pdf" class=""> impacts of drought on wildlife - Arizona ...</a></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 119, 44);"><a href="http://www.azwater.gov/azdwr/StatewidePlanning/Drought/documents/AGFD.pdf" class="">www.azwater.gov/azdwr/StatewidePlanning/Drought/documents/AGFD.pdf</a></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(103, 103, 103);">It s all about Habitat. • Habitat for <span class="" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><b class="">wildlife</b></span> is food, water, cover, and useable space. • <span class="" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125);"><b class="">Drought</b></span> causes poorer habitat suitability. • Lower habitat suitability leads to increased mortality through starvation, predation, reduced production and recruitment (fewer young survive).</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="">
<div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); min-height: 17px;">++++++++ Hot, Dry and Windy Index ++++++</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); min-height: 17px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); min-height: 17px;">Basic fire science is still fairly simple. </div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); min-height: 17px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); min-height: 17px;">If it’s hot, and dry, and you get a spark, you’ve got fire. </div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); min-height: 17px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); min-height: 17px;">If it’s hot, and dry, <i class="">and windy</i>, and you get a spark, you’ve got a fire that spreads far, and fast</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); min-height: 17px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); min-height: 17px;"><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(102, 0, 153);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://nwfirescience.org/tools/hot-dry-windy-index-hdw" class="">The Hot-Dry-Windy Index (HDW) | Northwest Fire Science Consortium<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span></a></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://nwfirescience.org/tools/hot-dry-windy-index-hdw" class="">nwfirescience.org/tools/hot-dry-windy-index-hdw<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 102, 33);"></span></a></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(84, 84, 84);"><span class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oct 5, 2018 - </span><b class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">A new fire-weather prediction tool based on the key atmospheric variables that affect wildland fire: temperature, moisture, and </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">wind</span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">.</span></b></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><b class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br class=""></span></b></span></div></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); min-height: 17px;"><a href="https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/56562" class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12px;">The hot-dry-windy index: A new fire weather index</a></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12px;"><a href="https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/56562" class="">https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/56562<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 102, 33);"></span></a></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); -webkit-font-kerning: none;">Aug 8, </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b class="">2018</b></span><span class="" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); -webkit-font-kerning: none;"> - </span><span class="" style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); -webkit-font-kerning: none;">We define a new fire weather index called the </span><span class="" style="color: rgb(106, 106, 106); -webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b class="">Hot</b></span><span class="" style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); -webkit-font-kerning: none;">-</span><span class="" style="color: rgb(106, 106, 106); -webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b class="">Dry</b></span><span class="" style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); -webkit-font-kerning: none;">-</span><span class="" style="color: rgb(106, 106, 106); -webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b class="">Windy Index</b></span><span class="" style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); -webkit-font-kerning: none;"> (HDW). HDW uses the basic science of how the atmosphere can affect a ...</span></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(84, 84, 84); min-height: 17px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(102, 0, 153);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12px;"><a href="https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/disturbance/fire/hdw/" class="">Hot-Dry-Windy Index - Northern Research Station - USDA Forest Service<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span></a></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12px;"><a href="https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/disturbance/fire/hdw/" class="">https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/disturbance/fire/hdw/<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 102, 33);"></span></a></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><font color="#777777" class="">Feb 28, </font><b class="">2019 </b><font color="#777777" class="">- </font></span><span class="" style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); -webkit-font-kerning: none;">In order to simplify the problem, we have defined a new fire weather index called the </span><span class="" style="color: rgb(106, 106, 106); -webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b class="">Hot</b></span><span class="" style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); -webkit-font-kerning: none;">-</span><span class="" style="color: rgb(106, 106, 106); -webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b class="">Dry</b></span><span class="" style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); -webkit-font-kerning: none;">-</span><span class="" style="color: rgb(106, 106, 106); -webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b class="">Windy Index</b></span><span class="" style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); -webkit-font-kerning: none;"> (HDW) that can be used to assess ...</span></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(84, 84, 84); min-height: 17px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 13, 171);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12px;"><b class="">[PDF]</b></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(102, 0, 153);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12px;"><a href="https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/2018/ja_2018_goodrick_001.pdf" class="">The Hot-Dry-Windy Index - Southern Research Station - USDA<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span></a></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12px;"><a href="https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/2018/ja_2018_goodrick_001.pdf" class="">https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/2018/ja_2018_goodrick_001.pdf<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 102, 33);"></span></a></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); -webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">AF Srock - </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b class="">2018 -</b></span><span class="" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); -webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS737US737&um=1&ie=UTF-8&lr&cites=12763361008682718259" class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(26, 13, 171);">Cited by 2</span></a> - <a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS737US737&um=1&ie=UTF-8&lr&q=related:M9Sa1jaRILG-IM:scholar.google.com/" class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(26, 13, 171);">Related articles</span></a></span></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(84, 84, 84); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);">Jul 19, 2018 - </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">We define a new fire weather </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);"><b class="">index</b></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> called the </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);"><b class="">Hot</b></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">-</span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; 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font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12px;"><a href="https://wildfiretoday.com/2019/02/20/comparing-the-haines-index-with-the-hot-dry-windy-index/" class="">https://wildfiretoday.com/.../comparing-the-haines-index-with-the-hot-dry-windy-inde...<span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 102, 33);"></span></a></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(84, 84, 84); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);">Feb 20, 2019 - </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">In a comment on the earlier post about the </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);"><b class="">Hot</b></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">-</span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; 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