New Brunswick Drought Monitor & Wildfire Conditions
New Brunswick's drought context adds longer-term moisture information to current wildfire and fire-danger products for a heavily forested province where short dry periods can still change conditions quickly.
National drought conditions are assessed monthly using multiple indicators and expert interpretation.
FireRadar links to the current official assessment rather than estimating a drought class between AAFC releases. Historic monthly maps and change analysis remain available from the official source.
Canadian Drought Monitor scale
How drought relates to wildfire conditions in New Brunswick
New Brunswick's drought category may describe broad moisture stress while local precipitation, wind, vegetation and human ignition patterns create more immediate fire-weather differences. FireRadar does not use a D0–D4 class as proof that a wildfire will occur or as a substitute for provincial burn restrictions, local authority instructions or current incident information.
Drought
Longer-term moisture deficit and dryness context from the monthly AAFC national assessment.
Fire Weather Index
Daily weather-based fire-potential guidance from NRCan CWFIS. It can change much faster than monthly drought status.
Active wildfires
Actual current incident records from responsible wildfire authorities. These remain separate from both drought and forecast products.