Other users of fire weather observations may be people outside of your agency who access fire weather data through the Western Regional Climate Center or the National Weather Service. The table below shows a portion of a typical AFOS file which lists the available 2pm fire weather observations from fire weather zone 659 in the Olympia Fire Weather district. A one-digit code number describing the weather at the time of the observation. The observed dry bulb temperature to the nearest whole degree. For manual fire weather stations the traditional humidity entry is the wet bulb temperature.
Relative humidity is the standard entry for RAWS stations.
A one-digit number that best describes the lightning situation from midnight yesterday to midnight last night. A one-digit code that best describes the lightning activity from midnight last night to basic observation time today. No thunderstorms or building cumulus clouds observed. 2 Infrequent lightning. A single to a few building cumulus clouds with only an occasional one reaching thunderstorm intensity.