Then on Monday, the humidity dropped to 30 percent, sucking any bit of moisture from the drought-stricken area . ( Monday's drought index climbed to 713 on a scale of 800 .)
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KBDI is a soil / duff drought index that ranges from 0 ( no drought ) to 800 ( extreme drought ) and is based on the soil capacity in of water.
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"We're in the red, " said Palm Beach County Deputy Fire Marshal Jeff Collins, referring to the state map with areas that have topped 600 on the drought index colored fire-engine red.
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Over the weekend, a 2, 000-acre wildfire briefly closed a half-mile section of State Road 60 in western Indian River and eastern Okeechobee counties, where the drought indexes are 663 and 661 respectively.
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It does not measure fuel moisture levels in the 1 10-hour fuel classes, which must be measured by other means for an accurate assessment of fuel moisture regardless of the drought index readings.
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As drafted, Chiles'order bans fireworks, including hand-held sparklers, in each of the state's 15 " fire " districts in which the drought index is over 400 on a scale from zero to 800.
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On the day of the run, a Keetch Byram Drought Index of 80 was recorded at Aireys Inlet and 83 at Cape Otway; these are considered serious with respect to fuel ignition potential.
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On Tuesday, Gov . Jeb Bush declared a state of emergency as Florida's drought index _ an analysis of rainfall, humidity, temperatures and other factors _ climbed above 600 in most areas south of Orlando.
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State Road 60 was temporarily closed over the weekend because of wildfires in Indian River County, Martin County went into the red zone with a drought index rating of 600 and Palm Beach County probably will today.
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Barry Weiss, using the Palmer Drought Index for 35 Greek, Turkish, and Middle Eastern weather stations, showed that a drought of the kinds that persisted from January 1972 would have affected all of the sites associated with the Late Bronze Age collapse.
