Weather Overview Weather is one of the elements of the Fire Triangle conceptual model adopted by the Southern California Wildfire Hazard Center.
Meteorological conditions are dominant factors dictating the evolution of wildfires.
As expected, high temperatures and low humidities accompanied by strong and gusty winds are the most dangerous conditions, which should be carefully monitored with a combination of weather observations and numerical model forecasts. The real-time monitoring and forecast of weather conditions are key components in the integrated assessment of the Southern California Wildfire Hazard Center. A downscaling approach is used by the center in order to provide real-time weather forecast products necessary to monitor hazardous environmental conditions for wildfire behavior.