West Coast Fires September 2020


    Paper figures

    1. figure 2, 36-km domain 500 heights, temperature, winds and without year
    2. figure 3, 12-km domain SLP contours, 925 hPa temperatures color filled, 10m wind vectors and without year
    3. figure 4, Normalized Anomalies of 925 hPa Heights, SLP, 500 hPa heights
    4. figure 7, 1.333-km domain SLP contours, maxwind within 250m of surface as color-fill and vectors and without year, as jpeg
    5. figure 11, AirNow Air Quality
    6. figure 14. 1.33-km domain Eastern Washington cross sections and terrain map showing cross section locations and alternate version showing areas shown in figure 7 and without year
    7. figure 15. 1.33-km domain Western Oregon cross sections and without year
    8. Spokane and Salem observed soundings during the event
    9. fig 16
    10. fig 21 hdw and with year
    11. Figure 2 test figures loop
    12. Sep 7-15 Fire Perimeters map generated by D. Ovens data source National Interagency Fire Center and online data here and final figure
    13. A1. Domains

    New 10/12/2020, Decadal U-Wind Threshold Plots updated with FSL longer period of record data on 11/2/2020
  1. Decadal U-Wind Plots:
  2. Medford Decadal U-Wind Plots at: 850, 925, Surface, loop all
  3. Spokane Decadal U-Wind Plots at: 850, 925, Surface, loop all
  4. SiteAll TimesAug and Sep OnlyAug and Sep Only FSL data
    Salem 850 850 850
    925 925 925
    1000 1000 1000
    Surface Surface Surface
    loop all loop all loop all
    Medford 850 850 850
    925 925 925
    Surface Surface Surface
    loop all loop all loop all
    Spokane 850 850 850
    925 925 925
    Surface Surface Surface
    loop all loop all loop all
    All Sites at 850 hPa at 850 hPa

    Winds updated with FSL longer period of record data on 11/3/2020
  5. Scatter plots of winds at Surface
  6. Scatter plots of winds at 1000
  7. Scatter plots of winds at 925
  8. Scatter plots of winds at 850
    August and September Winds updated with FSL longer period of record data on 11/2/2020
  9. Scatter plots of winds at Aug and Sep Surface
  10. Scatter plots of winds at Aug and Sep 1000
  11. Scatter plots of winds at Aug and Sep 925
  12. Scatter plots of winds at Aug and Sep 850
    Relative Humidity updated with FSL longer period of record data on 11/3/2020
  13. Scatter plots of RH and Wind Direction at Aug and Sep Surface and Surfac all timese
  14. Scatter plots of RH and Wind Direction at Aug and Sep 1000 and 1000 all times
  15. Scatter plots of RH and Wind Direction at Aug and Sep 925 and 925 all times
  16. Scatter plots of RH and Wind Direction at Aug and Sep 850 and 850 all times
    2d Histograms updated with FSL longer period of record data on 11/3/2020
  17. 2d Histogram plots of winds at Surface
  18. 2d Histogram plots of winds at 1000
  19. 2d Histogram plots of winds at 925
  20. 2d Histogram plots of winds at 850
    updated with FSL longer period of record data on 11/3/2020
  21. All plots for Salem
  22. All plots for Medford
  23. All plots for Spokane
  24. All soundings for Salem
  25. All soundings for Medford
  26. All soundings for Spokane

    Model runs

  27. Cross section locations and 4-km terrain Cross section locations on Google map
  28. Cross sections for WA1 red
    Winds at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4-km InitializationWinds at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4/3-km Initialization
    RH at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4-km InitializationRH at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4/3-km Initialization
    QV and Temperature at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4-km InitializationQV and Temperature at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4/3-km Initialization
    QV, Horizontal Winds, and Temperature at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4-km InitializationQV, Horizontal Winds, and Temperature at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4/3-km Initialization
  29. Cross sections for WA2 white
    Winds at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4-km InitializationWinds at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4/3-km Initialization
    RH at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4-km InitializationRH at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4/3-km Initialization
    QV and Temperature at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4-km InitializationQV and Temperature at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4/3-km Initialization
    QV, Horizontal Winds, and Temperature at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4-km InitializationQV, Horizontal Winds, and Temperature at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4/3-km Initialization
  30. Cross sections for OR1 blue
    Winds at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4-km InitializationWinds at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4/3-km Initialization
    RH at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4-km InitializationRH at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4/3-km Initialization
    QV and Temperature at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4-km InitializationQV and Temperature at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4/3-km Initialization
    QV, Horizontal Winds, and Temperature at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4-km InitializationQV, Horizontal Winds, and Temperature at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4/3-km Initialization
  31. Cross sections for OR2 cyan
    Winds at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4-km InitializationWinds at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4/3-km Initialization
    RH at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4-km InitializationRH at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4/3-km Initialization
    QV and Temperature at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4-km InitializationQV and Temperature at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4/3-km Initialization
    QV, Horizontal Winds, and Temperature at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4-km InitializationQV, Horizontal Winds, and Temperature at 0Z 7 Sep 2020 4/3-km Initialization