This work operates under the premise that wide spread drought is accompanied by severe wildfire outbreaks. Winter conditions are driest in the south and become wetter to the north as the central and northern regions experience a greater frequency of frontal passages. During the summer, convective activity produces significant rainfall particularly in the southern part of the state. Florida s fire season is clearly event in Figure 1 with the increased activity beginning in January and peaking in May and June. All three regions exhibit a peak in their KBDI around May-June period.
Drought conditions are high during the fall but fire activity is at a minimum.
This shows the need for any threshold values to be determined on a monthly basis to account for the seasonal variation in fire activity. All rights reserved.