Climate risk · Rationale

Fire-weather

Atmospheric hazard characterised by the meteorological conditions, including high temperature, low humidity, strong wind, and low precipitation, that promote the ignition and rapid spread of wildfire.

Definition source: IPCC AR6 WGI Ch.12: Fire weather

Synonyms

fire danger

Broader

Atmospheric hazard

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

CRK_158 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_158
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_158)