They said they were releasing the fixed wing because they were not effective enough with the conditions they were experiencing. They did have authorization to drop in the wilderness.
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That was about 30 minute or more prior to the airshow being put on hold, and the radio traffic indicated it ended up actually being much closer to Weed than the fire.
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Tankers back to the fire.
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NWS Medford has issued a Red Flag
Warning…which is in effect from 1 PM to 9 PM PDT Monday.
- Impacts: Strong, gusty wind with low relative humidity and high
fire danger will likely contribute to a significant spread of new
and existing fires.
A Haines Index of 6 is forecast for the site of the Lava Fire.
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Affected area:
In Northern CA…Fire Weather Zones 280 and 281, specifically,
the Scott and Shasta Valleys. -
Wind: South 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
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Humidity: As low as 8 percent.
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Haines Index: 6
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AA is advising fire is going to make a hard push North.
Division A is pushing folks back down the line.
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I can say with a fair amount of certainty this will be a rather long extended-attack incident. This area has not seen significant fire activity since at least the 1920’s, we have short range spotting and crowning runs-- and now a Red Flag Warning for tomorrow? Yeah, this may very likely be the first major fire of the season.
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T912 has made its way up from the cool southern California beaches and is approaching the FTA.
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Fire has switched directions and is now burning well.
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Weed cam:
http://www.alertwildfire.org/shastamodoc/index.html?camera=Axis-Weed&v=fd40729
Soda Ridge 2:
http://www.alertwildfire.org/shastamodoc/index.html?camera=Axis-SodaRidge2&v=fd40729
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Read it is 710 acres and 25% contained
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ventusky shows 12 mph gust in area
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Impressive wind shift over the last 15 minutes on the Shastina cam. You can see the column shift as the mountain becomes shaded.
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looks like the wind may be shifting into a different direction again. From the Shastina Web Cam it looks like it is getting a westerly push on it now.
Looks like some spots burning on the north side, but it does look like the wind shifted… again…
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Last night’s IR has it at 1446 acres. From the cameras, it looks like it continued to burn actively and chew through ground all night.
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Red Flag Warning over the fire area from 8 am to 9 pm today, Haines of 6. Forecast winds from the south 10-20 with gusts to 35.
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WX stations for the area and 0845 conditions
- UPRR MP349 - right on fire perimeter, or inside the perimeter now. 77F SSW3G9
- APRS D6273 - personal WX station on northern end of Lake Shastina, 80F SSW1G3
- RAWS Bolam - just northeast of incident, near Military Pass Rd at the tracks, good indicator of winds wrapping around from the east/downslope. 85F ENE7G16
- PacificCorp North Weed - on Hoy Road, today’s left flank if this thing moves. 78F 43RH Calm
- RAWS Weed Airport - more exposed station west of incident. 86F 32RH E3G6
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