The NIFC reported that the number, severity and behavior of fires (as well as acreage burned and duration of the season) was much less severe in 2001 than in 2000, although conditions are comparable — lots of fuel and hot, dry weather.
Rocky Mountain Forest Fires
NCAR scientist’s computer model links fire and the atmosphere
A forest fire’s pattern of growth depends not only on large-scale winds but on the balance between those winds and a fire’s heat output.