This was called in by shuteye lookout at 4pm. Its way in the back country near stairway creek in the upper san Joaquin river. AA 440 flew it and reported a half acre in timber with potential for 50 acres. AA will be ordered to check the fire tomorrow. Coincidently smoke jumpers flew over it at 1pm heading east for an assignment and they may send jumpers to this one.
Lat & lon 37 34.158, -119 7.614
SNF WIld Web puts it at 0.5 acres, but I do not know how accurate that is. Maybe a guess from the air?
Looks like they got a spot forecast for it:
https://www.weather.gov/spot/php/forecast.php?snumunum=1811369.0&lat=36.96473324157287&lon=-118.73456718749982&z=8
.DISCUSSION…
Dry weather and mainly terrain-driven winds will continue with a
warming trend and a minor lowering of humidities through Wednesday.
Overnight humidity recoveries are expected to remain decent. A
cooling trend will begin Thursday afternoon and last through the
weekend.
Copter 525 is working the fire now. Air attack 440 reported it as .5 acres yesterday.
I may have found it or a new start.
Pan far left.
https://www.mammothmountain.com/winter/mountain-information/cams/summit-cam
This one has really picked up in activity since 3pm and is sending alot more smoke into the mammoth area.
Visible flames tonight.
Congrats to the couple getting hitched. Wedding showing on the cam.
Its crankin this morning and may be down at the base of pumice butte now on the south side of the river. The rainbow fire scar is right there just east.
Last shot from modis g/e.
Lions Fire. 26 acres as of 6/23. 4 IHCs inserted along with 1WFM. Prepping 2000 acres, confining into natural barriers keeping it up Lion plateau.
Per inciweb 1,000 acres.
Winds are 15 - 20 with gusts over 30 out of the southwest at mammoth airport.
News and Notes has it at 2,000 acres and 0%
This is what it looked like from the east side of Sonora Pass (Highway 108) yesterday afternoon
Temporary flight restrictions are in place. N149Z off fresno just completed an infrared mapping flight.