That whole Sierra De Salinas range has some very tall and dry brush compounded by the weather we are having no bueno… especially when and if the ripping north winds that usually hit around the afternoon start to surface 20 mph-usually sustained gusts to 30
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The afternoon winds blow in the valley. I remember playing baseball and when the wind was blowing you have to power hit just to get to center field.
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The fire is on the other side of the 101. Your point about fuels is still valid but the red circle area gives inaccurate info.
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You guys are right about the typical winds. However we are in a highly atypical pattern right now. No marine layer or fog. It’s hot at the coast and mid 90s in Salinas. It’s fuels and topography at moment though it’s almost impossible for mw winds not to move down the valley, the drainages up Pine Canyon are fairly well protected from the sea breeze winds.
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Oh you’re completely right! I thought the camera was viewing the hillside northeast of the 101 but the fire is significantly closer to the webcam. My apologies!
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Toro Park starting tomorrow morning
IAP for today?
North west and southeast
its in the initial attack thread
Dang… Posted the question on the wrong fire somehow…
Sorry about that.
Fog of war
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Is it moving towards LPF?
Long, way to the LPF
I posted my question on the Carmel Fire and they are ending up here… Weird…
River fire has almost progressed down to Gonzales river road.
With how steep the terrain is I wouldn’t be suprised they build the box all the way down to arroyo Seco road.
Unless they can skirt dozers along the top of the mount and dive off a long ridge. Either it spotted a couple miles Past delta or just took off underneath the heavy smoke and AT and ground resources couldn’t see it. I would venture a guess it spotted across their 8 blade wide contingency line a couple miles north of limekiln
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I think these two fires will merge in the south and head up East Carmel Valley. Air visability is poor and air support is limited. Resources are competitive making more aggressive firing operations harder to justify. As TK5710 mentioned, the dozer line can’t hold the spotting with topo and diurnal wind alignment. I agree that the box and outcome will end up being Arroyo Seco.
Throw the Dolan into the mix and you have the makings of a long term mega fire.