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Re: General fire discussions
It has been too quiet this season. Me thinks that they have all been locked up.
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haha one can only hope...but I doubt it.
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You think about it, its currently middle January, and there has really been no big fires as such. The choppers have been sitting on the ground at Perth airport for as long as I can remember and have only been mobilised a few times. This time last year we were busy as anything.
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In all honesty - Let's hope it stays this way guys... Wouldn't you prefer sitting at home or at work in Airconditioned comfort rather than fighting deliberatley lit fires? I'm happy there arn't any.
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I say again, One can hope they're all locked up and there's few callouts left for the season, but I unfortunately think there will be more. There's no shortage of idiots left on this planet.
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Or at home in bed at 1am in the morning two weeks in a row.... yes I would prefer. There were also a few fires late in the season last year (March/April Easter Period) so lets hope the rest of the season continues to be relatively quiet.gkoutlis wrote:In all honesty - Let's hope it stays this way guys... Wouldn't you prefer sitting at home or at work in Airconditioned comfort rather than fighting deliberatley lit fires? I'm happy there arn't any.
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Having only been here (WA) for 18 months, I cant beleive how much smoke the recent incidents have put up in relation to fire size. This coastal scrub stuff that we get down our way is horrible stuff - I certainly have had enough of it. And dont get me started on the Sand, a bit of a change from the mud and rock tracks I had to deal with in Tassie.....
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Hehe yep - always fun having to play in the sand. Back when I was doing a bit of fire stuff it was a barrel of laughsJonesy wrote:dont get me started on the Sand, a bit of a change from the mud and rock tracks I had to deal with in Tassie.....
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Thanks to Fastlane for pointing out this page on the BoM website to me
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IDW15000
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia
FIRE WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE SOUTHWEST LAND DIVISION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Issued at 3:35pm WDT on Thursday the 15th of January 2009
Valid for Friday
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CENTRAL WEST:
MAX MIN WIND FIRE FIRE
TEMP RH% TIME PERIOD (Km/h) INDEX DANGER
COASTAL: 44 10 AM NE 35 65 EXTREME
PM SW 40
Comments: Winds WNW 25 late morning to early afternoon.
INLAND: 46 7 AM NE 35 86 EXTREME
PM SW 40
Comments: Winds NW 25 late morning to mid afternoon.
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LOWER WEST:
MAX MIN WIND FIRE FIRE
TEMP RH% TIME PERIOD (Km/h) INDEX DANGER
COASTAL: 40 15 AM NE 40 57 EXTREME
PM SW 35
Comments:
INLAND: 41 11 AM NE 40 53 EXTREME
PM SW 35
Comments:
METRO COASTAL PLAIN: 40 15 AM NE 40 59 EXTREME
PM SW 35
Comments:
METRO HILLS: 41 11 AM NE 40 60 EXTREME
PM SW 35
Comments:
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CENTRAL WHEATBELT:
MAX MIN WIND FIRE FIRE
TEMP RH% TIME PERIOD (Km/h) INDEX DANGER
MORTLOCK: 43 9 AM NE 40 60 EXTREME
PM NW 20
Comments:
AVON: 43 9 AM NE 40 67 EXTREME
PM NW 20
Comments:
NINGHAN: 41 8 NE 37 46 VERY HIGH
PM NNE 20
Comments:
JILBADGIE: 41 9 AM NE 37 48 VERY HIGH
PM NNE 22
Comments:
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GREAT SOUTHERN:
MAX MIN WIND FIRE FIRE
TEMP RH% TIME PERIOD (Km/h) INDEX DANGER
UPPER: 42 10 AM NE 30 53 EXTREME
PM N 24
Comments:
BEAUFORT: 38 13 AM NE 35 41 VERY HIGH
PM N 23
Comments:
ROE: 40 10 AM NE 35 43 VERY HIGH
PM NNE 23
Comments:
LAKES: 39 10 AM NE 28 32 VERY HIGH
PM NNE 23
Comments:
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SOUTHWEST:
MAX MIN WIND FIRE FIRE
TEMP RH% TIME PERIOD (Km/h) INDEX DANGER
COASTAL: 37 17 AM NE 33 35 VERY HIGH
PM W 20
Comments:
INLAND: 39 13 AM NE 35 34 VERY HIGH
PM WNW 20
Comments:
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SOUTH COASTAL:
MAX MIN WIND FIRE FIRE
TEMP RH% TIME PERIOD (Km/h) INDEX DANGER
STIRLING COASTAL: 35 18 AM NNE 35 32 VERY HIGH
PM E 30
Comments: Winds E/SE 30 on the coast in the PM.
STIRLING INLAND: 38 14 AM NNE 35 37 VERY HIGH
PM NNE 25
Comments:
OLDFIELD COASTAL: 36 18 AM NE 30 35 VERY HIGH
PM E 30
Comments: Winds E/SE 35 on the coast in the PM.
OLDFIELD INLAND: 38 11 AM NE 35 35 VERY HIGH
PM NE 25
Comments:
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Re: General fire discussions
Yet another good reason to stay well away from Whiteman ParkZebedee wrote:Hehe yep - always fun having to play in the sand. Back when I was doing a bit of fire stuff it was a barrel of laughsJonesy wrote:dont get me started on the Sand, a bit of a change from the mud and rock tracks I had to deal with in Tassie.....
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Re: General fire discussions
I see a lot of "very high"s and "extreme"s.
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mmm I wondered if they'd bump the fire danger to extreme. Shire of Mundaring gets a page advising if the Fire danger is Very High or Extreme.
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http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDW60900.shtml
How much hotter does it need to get for it to be extreme?
How much hotter does it need to get for it to be extreme?
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It's not just temperature that makes an "extreme". It looks at wind, humidity, how dry the burnable materials are and so on.
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I love getting this message early Sunday mornings...Shire of Mundaring gets a page advising if the Fire danger is Very High or Extreme.
And yes it has been very quiet, I don't think we have had any call outs to fires in our own area this season, nor have we been up Joondalup way this season either, we normally go up there a few times in summer to help out. But there is still a long time left until the weather starts to cool down.
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If it's any consolation, we haven't been up your way yet eitherSamW wrote:I love getting this message early Sunday mornings...Shire of Mundaring gets a page advising if the Fire danger is Very High or Extreme.
And yes it has been very quiet, I don't think we have had any call outs to fires in our own area this season, nor have we been up Joondalup way this season either, we normally go up there a few times in summer to help out. But there is still a long time left until the weather starts to cool down.