Cal OES INSIDE LOOK: Modoc July Complex Fire Incident Command Post
Channel: Cal OES
Date: 2017-08-10

The importance of accurately forecasting the weather where a wildfire is burning cannot be understated. Factors such as temperature, relative humidity and wind speed and direction all factor into determining how hot the fire will burn, how fast and where it will spread, whether spotting will be a problem and all the planning that goes into fighting that wildfire.  Fires can also create their own weather which is another planning consideration. In this story, we look at how plume-domination impacted the Modoc July Complex fire.