RxBurnScout
HOURLY BURN CONDITION MONITOR
YOUR BURN UNITS
Cloud Sync

Connect to an RxBurnScout sync server (a Cloudflare Worker) to sync your burn units across devices. Without this, data is stored locally in your browser only.

Data Management

Export your burn unit configurations as JSON for backup or transfer.

What RxBurnScout Does

A personal tool for individual land managers. Configure weather parameter windows for each burn unit, set your location, and the system checks the 7-day NWS hourly forecast — identifying time windows where all conditions co-exist within your parameters for enough consecutive hours to conduct your burn.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Configure burn units — Set location, weather parameter ranges (wind speed, humidity, precipitation probability, temperature), fuel type, and minimum consecutive hours needed.

2. Fetch the NWS forecast — The app pulls hourly forecast data from the National Weather Service API for your unit's coordinates.

3. Hourly co-existence check — Each hour: do ALL parameters fall within your ranges simultaneously? No daily averaging, no percentage scoring. All or nothing.

4. Window detection — Consecutive all-pass hours meeting your minimum duration are flagged as potential burn windows.

This tool identifies potential burn windows — it does not tell you when to burn. The decision always belongs to the land manager. Designed for individual use, not organizational use.
DATA SOURCE & LIMITATIONS

Forecast data from the National Weather Service API (api.weather.gov). Free, public, no key required.

Available now: Wind speed, wind direction, relative humidity, precipitation probability, temperature.

Future versions: Mixing height, Haines Index, transport winds (require fire weather data sources). Post-burn condition monitoring. Automated email/SMS alerts.

RXBURNSCOUT IS AN OPEN SOURCE PROJECT
A True North Seed Project Initiative