12,780 acres on the cams it was active all night.
4 Likes
Any threat to SRA?
1 Like
always a threat
3 Likes
Plowshare cam has been scanning around the base this morning. Things look pretty good considering. Not a lot of infrastructure damage that I could see.
3 Likes
Nothing but a lot of ticks and poison oak, you mean. And the snakes will survive.
14 Likes
Don’t forget valley fever country
9 Likes
Looking at the heat signatures the southern edge is getting pretty close the San Rafael Wilderness boundary. Lots of open country in front of this one and it may go awhile with the upcoming change in weather to a hotter, drier and windier pattern. Stay safe all
7 Likes
Here are some maps from 04:00 IR. Madre in black.
San Rafael Wilderness is green line.
The road adjacent to the eastern boundary of the wilderness was a control line on the 1999 Spanish Fire and 2009 La Brea Fire.
14 Likes
Thanks, that answers my question on proximity to the Madre.
4 Likes
CIIMT5 mobilizing, tentative in-brief today at 1800
5 Likes
4 Likes
4 Likes
23,588 acres now per Watch Duty…
5 Likes
I’ve been there numerous times. Yes, miserable place to run crews in. Once I had a Kern County DC tell me he called it “Hell’s Half Acre.” GREAT DESCRIPTION!
17 Likes
Seasonably elevated fire weather conditions across Gifford Fire this weekend. Large vertical plume growth due to hotter/drier conditions. High temps 95-98 degrees, min RH in teens. Enhanced NW-N winds at times with gusts 15-25 mph range, strongest afternoon/evening hours.
10 Likes
Expanded evacs (Level 3 — Go) ordered in SBC. Impacted zones are: SBC-159A, SBC-161A, SBC-163, SBC-165 & SBC-167.
SLO county Level 3 — Go zones are: LPF-016, LPF-017, LPF-019, SLC-337
6 Likes
Pretty active on the North side this afternoon in Division Alpha. Air attack has ordered 2 additional LAT
4 Likes
Mapped at 30,519 acres
5 Likes
I haven’t seen any forecast, but as far as fuels and terrain go, if it’s anything like the Rocky Fire, which burned in similar terrain and chamise-dominated fuels, though in Lake County, it could double in acreage every day until it runs out of fuels or weather changes. Rocky was something like 8, 16, 32, 64k in 4 days - this one has a head start!
9 Likes
Watching the LaPanza camera replay it’s interesting seeing how the 3 main plumes are acting.
Seems like they might be influencing each other.
Anybody care to educate me on if this is possibly the case.
Brian
6 Likes