Fire Weather

Fire Weather

Spot Forecasts
Request a Spot Forecast -- Official Use Only

Daily Briefing
Daily Fire Weather Briefing -- From NWS MKX - graphics updated daily by 5:30 am

Fire Weather Forecasts

Regional Narratives
Northeast and North-Central Wisconsin
Southern Wisconsin
Southwest Wisconsin
Northern Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin
Central Minnesota and West-Central Wisconsin
Upper Michigan

Fire Weather Watches / Red Flag Warnings
Northeast and North-Central Wisconsin
Southern Wisconsin
Southwest Wisconsin
Northern Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin
Central Minnesota and West-Central Wisconsin
Upper Michigan

NFDRS Point Forecasts
Northeast and North-Central Wisconsin

National Outlooks
National Fire Weather Outlook -- NWS Storm Prediction Center
4-Panel Forecast Weather Map -- Next day forecast
Forecast Fire Danger Class Map -- Next day forecast
Eastern Area Coordination Center

Observations

Airport Observations -- Wisconsin
Current RAWS Observations -- GRB Forecast Area -- MesoWest (University of Utah)
4-Panel Observed Weather Map -- USFS
Dew Points -- USFS

Fire Danger Indices

Daily Fire Danger Ratings for All Wisconsin Counties -- Wisconsin DNR
Great Lakes Fire/Fuels -- MesoWest
Fire Danger Class Map -- Latest public ratings, USFS
Hot Dry Windy Index - HDWI
GHWO Fire Weather Day 1 -- Day 2 -- Day 3

Fuel and Soil Moisture Maps

10-Hr Fuel Moisture -- Weighed or computed for 1/2 inch diameter fuels, USFS
100-Hr Fuel Moisture -- Computed for 3-6 inch diameter fuels, USFS
1000-Hr Fuel Moisture -- Computed for 3-6 inch diameter fuels, USFS
Keetch-Byram Drought Index -- Soil moisture drought index, USFS
Palmer Drought Index -- Updated weekly, U.S.
U.S. Drought Monitor
U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook

Satellite Fire Detection

Hazard Mapping System - Fire and Smoke Products
GOES-16 3.9 µm Imagery -- Great Lakes

Wisconsin Precipitation Data

Highs, Lows and Precip -- Updated daily
Precipitation - Last 7 days -- Wisconsin State Climatology Office
Precipitation - Departure from Normal - Last 7 days -- Wisconsin State Climatology Office
Precipitation - Last 30 days -- Wisconsin State Climatology Office
Precipitation - Departure from Normal - Last 30 days -- Wisconsin State Climatology Office

About the Program

The National Weather Service in Green Bay issues zone and specific "point" forecasts for various fire control agencies in Wisconsin.

The Zone Forecasts, issued twice daily, contain information about weather, wind, and humidity for a 7-day period over Wisconsin.

Point Forecasts issued by NWS Green Bay are site-specific forecasts which are issued daily for 1:00 PM Local Time the next day. Points contain forecasts for specific temperatures, humidities, and winds, and are made for ten locations in northeast and north-central Wisconsin.

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Fire Weather Forecasts are issued from about April through November.