Following are changes to the common section of the National Weather Service Northern Rockies Annual Fire Weather Operating Plan.

• Wording in the Fire Weather Watch/Red Flag Warning section was changed to emphasize that red flag conditions are any change in the weather that constitutes an increase in fire danger.

• The Fuel Status Page should be the main monitoring tool for fuels conditions.

• An experimental National fire weather webpage is available at weather.gov/fire . This page layout allows quick and easy access to all regional and local fire weather information, including point digital forecasts and access to the Activity Planner/Weather Planning Tool. For more information on using this page, please go to http://radar.srh.noaa.gov/fire/description/description.php to learn more about the site capabilities.

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Updated April 2011