A_NOAA_wildfires+&+drought

__Wildfire - Annual 2012 __

__Summary: __  To sum up the annual report it comes up that the dryness of the nation caused 2012 to be the most warmest years. It showed how many acres were burned and how many fires occured. It also talks about how their were many of these fires that were put into noticeably history and those fires took place in New Mexico, Colorado, and Oregon. Texas was the top state that had the most wildfires throughout the 2012 but after all what the annual was pointing out is that 2012 was a big year for wildfires. It pretty much sums up in detail what the graphs represent and demonstrate with the data they provide. Two of the most significant wild fires occurred in Colorado and are named the High Park Fire which was the second fire that lasted in their history. The first was the Waldo canyon fire. These two fires destroyed 259 homes and took over more than 18,000 acres. In New Mexico two other wildfires also erupted which are known as the Baldy Fire and the Whitewater Fire. These two wildfires combined and where known as the Whitewater-Baldy Fire. This fire caused very low air quality and took over about 156,500 acres and these two fires were created to be one and were known as the most important Wildfire in the New Mexico history. The Draw Fire was the states largest fire taking over 560,000 acres of sagebrush. Some of the intense wildfires were known as the Halstead Fire, Mustang Complex and the Trinity Ridge Fire. These are the most significant wildfires all around the state.

__Graph 1:U.S Annual Wildfire Activity (2000-2012) __


 * This Graph shows the annual Wildfire Activity in the years of 2000 through 2012. The blue line shows the amount of acres burnt and it shows how in 2006 it was the top most years with the most acres burnt. The year with the lowest was 2010. The red line demonstrates the number of fires annually, in this case in 2006 and the year with the least fires was 2003.

__Vocabulary: __
 * 1) **__ Coniferous- __**Is when it relates of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves
 * 2) **__ Aerial seeding- __**Is a technique of sowing seeds by spraying them through aerial mechanical means such as a air plane or helicopter.
 * 3) **__ Mulching- __**Is a protective cover, usually of organic things such as leaves, straw, or peat, placed around plants to prevent the evaporation of moisture and freezing //of roots.//

**__ Graph 2: Acres Burned(2012) & Graph 3:Number of Fires(2012) __**


 * Graph 2 shows the number of acres that were burned down throughout the time of 2012 and it sums up the average of the years starting from 2001 until 2012. We see that 2012 started off small and increased more than the average of 2001-2010 did.
 * Graph 3 shows the number of fires throughout the entire year. We can see that 2012 had a less amount of fires than 2001 through 2012 in all average.


 * // Wildfire Annual 2012- (Keren Chico) //**


 * __Drought- National Overview- west-great Plains and Midwest- Paulina__**

__ Vocabulary __ > __** Summary: **__ This graph shows the very dry, and the very wet areas 2012 each month. We can see that the most time of the year it is really dry. Especial June and November are very hot months. Every other month also has more than 8 percent dry areas. Besides March with 16 percent of wet areas ever other is under 10 percent .The dry areas in all US depends on the months. The east has the warm areas at the beginning of the year .The Midwest during February till June and the Southwest between April and June.
 * ** Anomalous ** : Means that something is not usual.
 * ** Persistent :** something what is almost the same for a longer time period.
 * ** precipitation: ** the amount of rain.
 * **USDM**: United States Drought Monitor
 * **moisture-starved:** it is so dry that there is no possibility for moisture.
 * __ National Drought Overview __**

All in all, the graph shows that the weather in 2012 in the US has more dry areas than usual and with it hot temperature. It only as some anomalous but most of the year it has got persistent warmer areas.

2012 the graph shows that the year started at the 22.9 percent of dry areas. It has the highest percentage ( 61.8 %) in summer and lowered down the time to fall and winter to about 51 perecent.


 * __ Regional Drought Overview __**

This graph is on overview of the drought in the US in August 28,2012.

it shows the middle and a part of the Midwest with extreme drought areas.



West:



The map of America shows how America is divided. [] __ Summary: __ The west started the year with a dry time period. It rained only a bit, so that it was below-normal precipitation. During October and April it was the wet season. As it ended, they recognized that the south west has a lot of deficits of pacification and snow water content. The north area was much better. The heat was still presented, so that wildfire started during spring and summer. Colorado was much affected by wildfires. April till June 2012 were the hottest time period a long time ago.

Great Plains and Midwest:

Dryness affected the northern Plains during March, the Southern Plains during April, and the Southern to Central Plains during May. Parts of the Midwest were affected in each month. The highest measured dryness was during August and September. The percent area in moderate to exceptional drought decreased to a low of about 32.3 percent in May 2012 before expanding again to peak at about 73.3 percent in July. Summary: 2012 the drought, which was usually centered in the South Plains, moved to the whole Plains and parts of the Midwest. The Midwest was really hard affected, so that in June-July the whole Midwest were “backed” and moisture-starved. During fall it was raining a few times but at November the drought period came back. Till October almost every part of the Northern Plains were included in the drought. Also about 73.3 percent of the Midwest were affected in July. Both were the record in the 13-year USDM history.



How it relates to class work: While I was reading my chapters, I learned why Albuquerque is a really dry and a hot area. In class we were testing the soil around the river from Albuquerque and found out that it is a really dry soil, what doesn’t really absorb water (rain).

Information comes from: - [|http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/drought/2012/13#west-sect] - Youtube - Google images -


 * __Klein, Paulina__**


 * __Drought-Southeast to Northeast-Hawaii and the Pacific Island-Agricultural Belts- River Basins- Historic Analogs- Juan__**


 * __Drought-Juan__**

Summary 2012 was a one of the driest years for the United States especially for the northeast and southeast. Many States were having their droughts in January and February during this time period this drought was ranking third in historical records for several states. States such as Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee were ranking in the top ten driest states in April. November of 2012 was one of the driest for all of the eastern states, most of the states had been ranking top ten driest in the month of November. Some states such as Delaware were dry throughout most part of the year like January-November. This drought was not just in the year 2012 some states have been having droughts for two years now. Hawaii has also been experiencing a drought in the year of 2012. Recording the least amount of rain fall in years. The state has been in drought for the last four years. Some parts of the state such as Honolulu having their 5th driest year since 1950. other parts of the state having their 8th driest year since 1950. Although it is not only these states that are in drought, much of the United States was in droughts at the time and they had been in these droughts for quite some time. Due to the drought, temperatures, and lack of rain many crops suffered. Mostly corn was reduced because of these factors. By August this crop was experiencing extreme drought. Rain in August to October was helping the drought but it was not enough put a end to the drought in this area. Throughout all of 2012 there was drought for the United States and this drought was ranked 10th driest on record. Not only were crops experiencing dryness but also rivers. So overall 2012 was one of the driest years on record.

__ Vocabulary __

[|correlation coefficient]- is between two variables and is known as covariance of the two variables divided by the product of their standard deviations. The form of the definition involves a “product placement”, that is the mean of the product of the mean-adjusted random variables; hence the modifier product-placement in the name.

The mean difference- is a measure of statistical dispersion which is equal to the absolute difference.

Cumulative- increasing or growing as an effect of accumulation or successive additions.

Prelude- a action or event the comes before something else.

As you can see in the graph above it shows how the amount of precipitation and rain fall was at a new low in the year 2012. This graph was not for all of the state of Hawaii it was just for Kahului.

This graph was for Honolulu. Although the amount of rain fall and precipitation was not quite as low as it was in Kahului, Honolulu was also experiencing drought.

It was not just Hawaii that is having a drought in 2012. As you can see on the map most of the United States was having a drought. Most of our state was having major droughts in 2012.

Information comes from- [|http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/drought/2012/13#hi-usapi-sect]