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Author
Pouliot, L.
Title
Forecasting Forest Fire Danger in Quebec 1967 Fire Season.
Coporate
Forest Research Laboratory, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Report
Information Report M-X-12
April 1968
53 p.
Keywords
weather effects | forecasting | fire danger rating | forest fires
Identifiers
accuracy of the fire danger forecasts; forecast program for the 1968 protection season; forest fire weather station report; explanation of the fire danger forecast map; explanation of the 48 hour fire danger forecast form
Abstract
Forest Fire Danger Forecasts from Foret-Meteo were used in Quebec for the first time during the 1967 forest fire season. The control offices, generally being the offices of the protection associations and forestry districts, transmitted by teletype the daily sun noon observations required by the Service. With the meteorologist's weather forecast for different areas and the sun noon observations, the Forecast Service was able to prepare and distribute, twice daily, forecast fire danger indexes covering 65 zones of the province.