KOAM Weather Center

The Kindofameme Weather Center, or more commonly the KOAM Weather Center is a weather tracking organization. Founded on November 10, 2018. In response to an unprecedented California firecane season. Its main aim is to track and catalogue firecanes that form across the globe, in areas like California and Australia.

Firecanes
Firecane categories are measured depending on the size of the firecane, as firecanes' effects are more severe the larger they get. The principal unit for measuring firecanes is the acre.

Like the NHC, firecanes are measured in 5 categories, from 1 to 5. A firecane needs to grow to 10,000 acres to be classified as a Category 1. A firecane will be upgraded to a major firecane if it grows to 40,000 acres. Storms below 10,000 acres are classified as firestorms, and storms below 1,000 acres are classified as fire disturbances.

The KOAM Center can issue outlooks on fire disturbances that are likely to intensify into fire storms. Advisories are issued on any firestorms exceeding 1,000 acres.

Fire Disturbance - <1,000 acres

Firestorm - 1,000 - 10,000 acres

Category 1 firecane - 10,000 - 25,000 acres

Category 2 firecane - 25,000 - 40,000 acres

Category 3 major firecane - 40,000 - 65,000 acres

Category 4 major firecane - 65,000 - 90,000 acres

Category 5 major firecane - >90,000 acres

Firecanes
The KOAM Weather Center does not have any specific naming system for firecanes. Often, fire disturbances are named after the area they formed in (however it may be named after anything located in that area). This is done to prevent confusion especially as firecanes can spread quickly.

Some names might be used again if another firecane forms in the same area, however while names are not retired after each firecane season, very powerful firecanes that cause a lot of damage usually do not have their names re-used in the future.