more on GFDI there is a chance it gets replaced with FBI (fire behaviuor index, a complex but promising formula) for next harvest in SA, A new number for stop harvest will need to be agreed on. Farmers need to know their actual true GFDI stop point so a case can be put for this”
Neighbours stopped harvesting by “feel” we stopped & measured the gfdi at 32 and rising. Beware if you read wind speed at 2m and don’t multiply it by 1.25 then you’ll get a false low gfdi
Agrotop vs Lechler, cleaning the nozzles. 2 sets, 1 agrotop mirmix the other Lechler. 23 of the Lechlers failed (breaking, falling apart) and in the bin, none of the airmix need replacing. Both sets about the same age
Thank you to everyone that helped put the neighbours fire out yesterday west of us. And to those that were just having a look STAY HOME NEXT TIME, you got in the way of fire units trying to get to the fire
1/2. Alittle confusion out there re the new fire behaviour index and harvest code of practice;
It’s critical you know the wind speed reading height of the weather station you are reading from, it’s 2 metres or 10 meters.
2/2 (Mesonet’s grain harvest code of practice wind at 2m is not converted to 10m.
A 2m reading must be converted to a 10m equivalent as below
yorkevalleycfs.com.au/hcop/G…