GFMC EARLY WARNING PORTAL: DAILY GLOBAL AND REGIONAL FIRE WEATHER AND CLIMATE FORECASTS & BACKGROUND MATERIALS
México: Wildland FireInformation System
The México Wildland Fire Information System (El Programa de Sistemas de Manejo de Incendios) is a comprehensive fire information system which has been set up in collaboration with Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service. The Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index (FWI) System and the Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction (FBP) System are applied in México and updated daily.
The website provides actual maps on:
- Temperature (temperatura)
- Relative humidity (humedad relativa)
- Wind speed (velocidad del viento)
- Precipitation (precipitación)
- Fine Fuel Moisture Code (índice de humedad del combustible ligero)
- Duff Moisture Code (índice de humedad del humus)
- Drought Code (índice de sequía)
- Initial Spread Index (índice de propagación)
- Buildup Index (índice de consumo)
- Fire Weather Index (índice meteorológico de peligro)
- Head Fire Spread Rate (velocidad de propagación)
- Fire Intensity (íntensidad del frente)
- Fuel Consumption (consumo de combustible)
- Fire Description (tipo de incendio)
Regular updates on Mexican wildfire statistics are provided in the GFMC National and Regional Fire Databases (start date: March 2001)
