[Excerpt from text] What causes periods of critical burning conditions n the Lake States? Are these critical periods associated with any particular weather types? If so, what weather types are generally associated with critical periods n the spring? In the summer? In the fall? The answers to these questions would be of considerable help to a fire weather forecaster in the Lake States.

[This publication is referenced in the "Synthesis of knowledge of extreme fire behavior: volume I for fire managers" (Werth et al 2011).]