New team in place ???
Happens often with a new team.
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More than just a new team, the Delta Fire entered United Command with CAL FIRE at 0600 hours. Changes are made through collaboration with new agencies involved.
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As dbrown stated it partially has to do with the span of control but also because transportation times are extremely long, depending on equipment type 2-5 hours, to get to the west side of the fire from the McCloud ICP, opening a second camp in the Trinity and zoning the fire will help tremendously in the logistics of the incident.
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For example:
- There are now WEST and EAST Zones
- Branch VIII and Branch IX were added
- Numerous new Divisions were added further away from current perimeter, and some were moved to different areas of the fire.
Looks like it got pretty active on 3 sides about 1500 after the inversion broke.
GOES 16 Animation link.
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There are rumours Delta fire will wrap around Craggs and get down into Shasta and Weed communities. I know there are no fail proof predictions, but what are your thoughts on This? I m a former fire fighter, not in panic mode.
Knowing that terrain pretty well, doubt that scenario. There’s no real way to go around the Crags. It’s part of a long exposed granite ridge line. It’ll go into terrain much more favorable to attack way before then. While nothing is certain, I see other scenarios playing out well before that option.
Two days ago sent crews to brush around repeater. Should be good.
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They way this fire season has gone, I don’t think it’s possible to predict or rule out ANYTHING! 
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It’s all about the winds/weather. Under extreme winds, the fire COULD spot and hopscotch clearcuts until the winds stop, but shorter days and inversions have really been keeping things subdued for most of the day.
It’s not impossible the fire could burn around the top of the Crags, but absent sustained BIG winds, it hasn’t been spreading very fast in the brush at the higher elevations - it will take an extraordinary event for something like this to happen.
My gut feeling is the fire on East side of the river has more potential than the West for up-canyon spread.
Wind gusts have been the highest between 1900 and 2000 last few days, coming from the South and SW.
Random intel - the RH is 7% higher (30%) right now at 1400 than yesterday at this time. https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/timeseries.php?sid=TT081&num=72&banner=NONE (thanks norcalscan).
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The RH change seems in line with the clouds that built in during the afternoon. More moisture. Glad to not see convective activity with that change. I came across from the coast and over Scott Mtn between 1000 and 1430. Trinity River canyon winds were significant at the roadway level, out of the S. But…that’s in a channelized canyon environment. The ridgetops were another story. Either no significant wind activity or moderate N-NW winds. Not what I would see as needed to push this fire up and around a ridge like the Crags & around to the north. Let’s hope this pattern holds.
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This is one stubborn fire, even after dramatic change in weather with rain, great RH recovery (70-90%) cold temps and even snow on Shasta this thing is still throwing spots when things get in alignment. Crews battled spots and slops in CC, PP and YY today. Sounds like they got most of them picked up and lined but still just a reminder of how critically stressed the fuels are, and that’s in the wettest part of the state! Keep your head on a swivel, we haven’t even entered Santa Ana season
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Big Demob on the Delta yesterday and today. Lots of usfs folks infilling.
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I saw fresno crew 4 heading down the 99 back to fresno yesterday evening. I was stuck next to them when the 99 came to a stop for no reason. Their trucks are prudy.
Anyone have info on the team deployment? Back to this fire.
Nor Cal team 1 has been assigned. In-brief is at 1600 today at the ICP.
Trinity Center Web Cam should have a good view of the fire activity in the Bear Gulch area once (if?) the smoke clears this morning:
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Rain just started on the coast. Initially, with a south wind. Now, calm.
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