Ticker for February 14, 2000

                
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February Finds Familiar Fire Fable

The months of January and February are typically quite dry months in
Oklahoma, so it's not uncommon for February to bring wildfires and
grassfires to the state.

When the winter months bring even less moisture than normal, as they
have this year:


And when ambient conditions are windy and dry, as they are in western
Oklahoma this afternoon:


The result is high fire danger, which is reflected in an afternoon run
of the Oklahoma Fire Danger Model: