you can get WD software to calculate the FWI for you though
Rick,
I'm giving this a try too and have WD creating a file with the following tags and the program seems to parse it just fine.
%date-month%/%date-day%/%utcdate-yeartwo%,%temp%,%hum%,%avgspd%,%totalrainlast24hours%
I have it being updated the same way and times that testtags is done, but I do believe you only need it updated by noon each day. My problem is that no matter what I try, fwiweb.xml isn't being created. Maybe the program has to run awhile and build up some data first?
- Jim
Lars,
Yes, I have that ticked and everything else seems to be doing fine, just no xml file for me yet. I assume it will be created in the /FWI/ folder? I see that I'm on the map now, but no data because of this file.
Thanks. - Jim
Now I have to figure out what all these numbers really mean.
FFMC (Fine Fuel Moisture Code) is a numerical rating of the moisture content of surface litter and other cured fine fuels. It shows the relative ease of ignition and flammability of fine fuels. The moisture content of fine fuels is very sensitive to the weather. Even a day of rain, or of fine and windy weather, will significantly affect the FFMC rating. The system uses a time lag of two-thirds of a day to accurately measure the moisture content in fine fuels. The FFMC rating is on a scale of 0 to 99. Any figure above 70 is high, and above 90 is extreme.
DMC (Duff Moisture Code) is a numerical rating of the average moisture content of loosely compacted organic layers of moderate depth. The code indicates the depth that fire will burn in moderate duff layers and medium size woody material. Duff layers take longer than surface fuels to dry out but weather conditions over the past couple of weeks will significantly affect the DMC. The system applies a time lag of 12 days to calculate the DMC. A DMC rating of more than 30 is dry, and above 40 indicates that intensive burning will occur in the duff and medium fuels. Burning off operations should not be carried out when the DMC rating is above 40.
DC (Drought Code) is a numerical rating of the moisture content of deep, compact, organic layers. It is a useful indicator of seasonal drought and shows the likelihood of fire involving the deep duff layers and large logs. A long period of dry weather (the system uses 52 days) is needed to dry out these fuels and affect the Drought Code. A DC rating of 200 is high, and 300 or more is extreme indicating that fire will involve deep sub-surface and heavy fuels. Burning off should not be permitted when the DC rating is above 300.
ISI (Initial Spread Index) indicates the rate fire will spread in its early stages. It is calculated from the FFMC rating and the wind factor. The open-ended ISI scale starts at zero and a rating of 10 indicates high rate of spread shortly after igition. A rating of 16 or more indicates extremely rapid rate of spread.
BUI (Build Up Index) index shows the amount of fuel available for combustion, indicating how the fire will develop after initial spread. It is calculated from the Duff Moisture Code and the Drought Code. The BUI scale starts at zero and is open-ended. A rating above 40 is high, above 60 is extreme.
FWI (Fire Weather Index) Information from the ISI and BUI is combined to provide a numerical rating of fire intensity - the Fire Weather Index. The FWI indicates the likely intensity of a fire. The FWI is divided into four fire danger classes: Low 0 - 7 Moderate 8 - 16 High l7 - 31 Extreme 32+
FFDC (Forest Fire Danger Code) Based on predicted generated "fire intensity (kw/m?)" in forest type vegetation (pine, beech). This code denotes how difficult it would be to control a fire in this vegetation type should one start. (Low, Moderate, High, Very High, Extreme)
SFDC (Scrub Fire Danger Code) Based on predicted generated "fire intensity (kw/m?)" in scrub type vegetation (manuka, gorse, broom). This code denotes how difficult it would be to control a fire in this vegetation type should one start. (Low, Moderate, High, Very High, Extreme)
GFDC (Grass Fire Danger Code) Based on predicted generated "fire intensity (kw/m?)" in grass type vegetation (dry grass, tussock). This code denotes how difficult it would be to control a fire in this vegetation type should one start. (Low, Moderate, High, Very High, Extreme)
I'm using this software to calculate my Fire Weather Index.
http://www.wilddata.org.nz/fwicalc/index.php?page=9 (http://www.wilddata.org.nz/fwicalc/index.php?page=9)
And you could see the FWI around the world (not many users right now)
http://www.wilddata.org.nz/fwicalc/index.php?page=6 (http://www.wilddata.org.nz/fwicalc/index.php?page=6)
I'm using this software to calculate my Fire Weather Index.
http://www.wilddata.org.nz/fwicalc/index.php?page=9 (http://www.wilddata.org.nz/fwicalc/index.php?page=9)
And you could see the FWI around the world (not many users right now)
http://www.wilddata.org.nz/fwicalc/index.php?page=6 (http://www.wilddata.org.nz/fwicalc/index.php?page=6)
Just followed up from your email, it was easy to implement and seems very competent.
%date-year%-%date-month%-%date-day%,%temp%,%hum%,%avspeedinkmh%,%totalrainlast24hours%This is what I use.Code: [Select]%date-year%-%date-month%-%date-day%,%temp%,%hum%,%avspeedinkmh%,%totalrainlast24hours%
And it's created every minute.
Your site looks great. It's motivating me to get this going on my station before our fire season in Arizona, which is right around the corner.
I just started using this software about 4 days ago and it's great!!! The graphs are getting generated and even got the tabular data updating which is set for 30 days. So far I've only collected 4 days of data but it appears to be updating nicely. I was really surprised to only see 6 stations in the entire US contributing their data but maybe that will change. My page is listed below if anybody wants to check it out...
http://www.capeweather.com/fire-graphs.html
Started running FWI Calc just a couple days after CapeWeather ...
He talked me into it!! LOL ...
It IS very cool. Once you get the little burps and hickups for the data format/parsing figured out...
http://www.charlottecountyweather.com/fire-graphs.php (http://www.charlottecountyweather.com/fire-graphs.php)
Started running FWI Calc just a couple days after CapeWeather ...
He talked me into it!! LOL ...
It IS very cool. Once you get the little burps and hickups for the data format/parsing figured out...
http://www.charlottecountyweather.com/fire-graphs.php (http://www.charlottecountyweather.com/fire-graphs.php)
| <?php //load up the data file!! include("testtags.php"); ############################################################################ ?> <?php // remove trailing information (ie: mph or in or F) function strip_units ($data) { preg_match('/([\d\,\.\+\-]+)/',$data,$t); return $t[1];} //grab current minutes and convert to decimal portion of an hour ie: 12:45 - the 45min will be 0.75) (float)$current_minutes = $time_minute / 60; //add minutes to hours - hours based on 24 hour format (float)$current_hours_minutes = $time_hour + $current_minutes; //calculate average wind speed for entire day - up to EXACT point of last data collection (float)$dailyavewindspeed = $windruntoday / $current_hours_minutes; $nwind = round($dailyavewindspeed,2); // Build semi-colon delimited text file for FWI data // Fields are: Date,Temperature,Humidity,Windspeed,Rainfall // Input data defined in testtags.php $fwidat = $date . ";" . strip_units($maxtemp) . ";" . $lowhum . ";" . $nwind . ";" . strip_units($dayrn); $fwi = PutData("fwicalc.txt",$fwidat); ############################################################################ // A simple function to write data to a file function PutData($file, $data) { $fp = fopen($file, "w") or die('ERROR: Can\'t write to ('.$file.')'); flock($fp, LOCK_EX); fputs($fp, $data ); flock($fp, LOCK_UN); fclose($fp ); } ?> |
Lars,Everything works better after a few beers!
I did that this morning prior to going to golf with my buddies and after 18 holes and several beers I find that it is now working. Must have been the golf.
Thanks. - Jim
Now on to the next section of creating the table and uploading it to my website, problem is I don't drink beer or play golf :lol:You might have a long road ahead of you then! :grin:
Any ideas as to why the ftp doesn't want to work for me? I have filled all the details in and hit test, the red box flashes green before turning back to red and the error code is 0. On the main page of FWI it says ftp enabled, but it is not uploading the file. A bit stumped on this one.
Duhh, missed the Start ftp ](*,) Although I did have to close the program down and restart and hey presto it worked. Thanks guys.
For some reason I can't get the ftp function to work when I click on test. It goes from red to green to red. I did exit out of the program several time and clicked on the Start FTP under Web. There is nothing in the FTP log and I do have the FTP log checked under the FTP setup. Any ideas?
Below are the results I get when I click on the ftp test
Proto = ""
User = "harpersf"
Pass = "**************"
Host = "ftp.harpersferry-weather.com"
Port = "21"
Path = ""
OnRequestDone. RqType = 1 ErrCode = 0
OnRequestDone. RqType = 2 ErrCode = 0
OnRequestDone. RqType = 3 ErrCode = 0
OnRequestDone. RqType = 37 ErrCode = 0
OnRequestDone. RqType = 15 ErrCode = 0
FTP tests completed
Done.
Thanks,
John
Crap... I guess I'll have to get it installed now. You all are just making more work for me! :-)
Great job on the Charlotte website.
<div id="main-copy">
<h1><?php langtrans('Fire Weather Index'); ?></h1>
<p>The following is FWI Data for the ^fwistation^.</p>
<p>Last Updated: ^fwitime^</p>
^fwitable^
</div><!-- end main-copy -->Save this a second time and call it wxfwicalcT.php as the tags are parsed much the same as the Cumulus tags are in the standard version.4. Unfortunately "FWI_calc" is NOT running on my computer. Any time I try tu run it, an error message appears (see attachment). Has someone any idea why?Problem has been solved and I must say sorry for those starting (I hope) to think about my problem. It seems to me that I wrote my previous post before starting to think. It was just enough to install "FWI_calc" NOT to the "C:\FWI\" folder (that is being proposed by installer by default), but to "C:\Program Files\FWI\" folder (my OS is WinXP).
I'm running "Cumulus" software on "HP-5720" terminal with WindowsXP Service Pack OS 3 installed on 320GB HDD.
Links are now back up for the FWI Calculator Software:
http://www.wilddata.org.nz/fwicalc/index.php?page=9&ser=NNF7631T1 (http://www.wilddata.org.nz/fwicalc/index.php?page=9&ser=NNF7631T1)
...But in the future with Windows 10 updates I'm not sure.Version 10.5.2.109 of the FWI Calc software works well (without problem) in Windows 10... ;)