Sorry to hear the you are in front of this monster. My recommendation is to utilize the Continuing Incident thread to get information related to the fire’s movement and potential. We do monitor the Q& D thread to keep it on topic and most of our posters do a really good job of it. But this thread is for questions and discussion related to the fire. If you notice, we do not allow questions in the CI thread. We appreciate your comments relating to the value of this forum. It is our mission to maintain current and actual information and data. Good luck to you and your family
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Does anyone know of all map that shows the current haines index can’t seem to find one?
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Click on what fire zone you want and go to forecast matrix.
https://www.weather.gov/wrh/fire?wfo=hnx
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Got some initial satellite imagery to look at fire severity. Images and captions here. Redirecting...
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I was up in there yesterday when it capped out. The column laid over due to the thunderstorm outflow to the north and threw an ember cast into a meadow with multiple spots and it ran a drainage to the top of Eagle Mtn. Thankfully no crews were working the mid-slope road when it ran, also no structures reportedly lost to my knowledge.
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Yes. They are replacing Minton’s team as they timeout.
Reportedly travel, in brief and shadow Sunday through Tuesday. The exact the schedule/timing is unknown.
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Winds are starting to pick a bit here at l davis. Humidity is still high though so that’s good.
I should have been clearer … these limited observations (wind humidity) pertain to conditions on SE fire area. That’s the nature of the topology and weather in the area. I know these are usually reported by the fire meteorologist but usually a day later. I don’t claim it applies to any other part of the fire it’s a big fire. Just thought it might be interesting to people who are interested in the SE area.
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Shadow will be Tuesday. Transfer Wednesday morning.
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Little column developing by Bucks. Assuming burn out ops???
Was there a big firing show planned in either the East or west zones because if not it is getting busy…Extremely large column now showin from Chico
They planned on firing east of bucks lake today if they had favorable conditions.
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Multiple divisions have reported spots but are getting a handle on them. Column bent over to the east…
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Yes, the heel of the fire seems to be secured.
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Perhaps it’s the predominately west winds? Heel is easier to control than head.
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They had good access to NW flank, which is all a County Road. They pulled off huge amount of firing once everything smoked in. Something like 30 miles.
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Or perhaps its a concise and consolidated plan… which is transformed into direct action, followed up by a period of evaluation and then the plan is adjusted to match the current conditions. Resources are ordered and then placed into action to support the plan… and the next thing you know… lines turn black.
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The west zone had more favorable conditions with their firing ops and could burn during the day and on the flip side that makes it harder on the east because they have to wait for night time.
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Its the same age old debate. Maps are linear, work is not. If a fire is 30% contained that means that 70%, scattered around, still need work, which doesn’t translate well to a black line on paper. A better way would be to have 50 shades of gray lines all around the map, which wouldn’t work well either.
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