Updates on twitter this morning:
http://www.fire.ca.gov/current_incidents/incidentdetails/Index/2164
The tanker show is up and going this morning.
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The Fire is now at 3,126 acres with 15% containment per Cal Fire.
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Listening to air attack transition, sounds like they’re expecting a significant wind shift out of the west soon, which will test the entire Div M and Div X line on the east side tonight. I heard a casual mention of hoping to fire off that dozer line this evening along X and M. I don’t know if that’s still the ridge line with Merry Mtn on the south end, or the next ridge to the east (Mad Mule Mtn area.) Depends how tight those MODIS hits are and how direct the ground troops have been today.
In Div C, tonight it sounds like they want to fire off the entire bowl I have outlined in purple, Brunswick Ridge, from 299 on up to the top. The blue line is a 500kv line along the ridge line that they’ve improved with dozer line. They would do this when the winds shift from the west.
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3126 acres and 24% contained, according to CalFire:
http://www.fire.ca.gov/current_incidents/incidentdetails/Index/2164
Edit: one heck of a column on that thing.
Updated spot weather forecast:
https://www.weather.gov/spot/php/forecast.php?snumunum=1813348.1&lat=40.23501018361975&lon=-121.6953826171876&z=7
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Westerly winds blew out Div M & X last night, fire well established in Grizzly Gulch drainage. Talking about falling back to Whiskey creek drainage. The box has gotten bigger. Heard talk of a team order
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Today’s Maps:
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Hearing that Cal Fire Team 1 has been activated for the Carr.
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Winds starting to shift the smoke over and inversion lifting. AA requested six T1 and four T3 tankers. Only two T1 and three T3 at Redding now. They have been discussing all morning the plan to paint/pre-treat a pretty big box with retardant today to support the iron on the ground.
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Air resources are going to become harder and harder to get with new and continuing large fires throughout the state.
We’re definitely losing a lot of fixed wing to BDF-Cranston, SCU-Marsh, and coverage fills.
It sounds like they never got to fire off the bowl I mentioned last night off Brunswick Ridge in Div C. They are planning on doing it tonight instead now. The tankers were to help reinforce the dozer line and cool it around the 500kv line. Also, Div H has been firing early this afternoon from the top of the knob in Sec21 down to Tom Green Mine Road I believe.
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