I expect it will, but that’s what I was attempting to ascertain.
When ~1391 acres was spotted by infra-red and reported locally at 2:47 a.m. At that time the fire had “no known containment.” Yesterday there was a strong NW wind ca. the NV / CA line, but today winds are shifting… coming from NE, though not as strong. Expecting shifting lines.
The terrain is very rocky in that area, tough country for dozers, it’ll be a crew show to hold it. The winds come up every afternoon , especially when the Central Valley is hot. If they get enough resources today, they have a decent chance at holding it, but it’ll be tough work all day.
Extended freqs assigned for TNF-Bear
Air Tactics FM - 168.375
Air/Ground (2x) - 166.9375 and 168.500
Rotor Vic - 126.075
Didn’t see it posted yet, but a Team was ordered. Team 2, Coots. In brief 9/4.
Sorry, not familiar with the team, is it a Calfire team or other? Thanks.
CIMT2 is a federal team
Starting to wake up….
Just watched it chew threw a line of retardant from the VLAT in 6 minutes.
She’s hungry this afternoon. Cap visible from carson city
Fyi…
CAL FIRE Intel aircraft have now mapped the fire at 1,578 acres.
Evacuation Orders have now been issued for Zones: SIE-E058 & SIE-E059.
The evacuation zones can be viewed on the Watch Duty map or via the Genasys map.
She flat out got up and took off this afternoon. It’s acting like Cottonwood did 30 years ago. Burning in almost the same areas/directions. Obviously less fuel loading, but it’s still got some good potential to hit the H-T if everything aligns.
So fire behavior aficionados…Why was the Bear fire less active on 9/2 with howling winds than it was with lower winds on 9/3?
The cameras didn’t give much of a view of the fire on 9/2. Mostly we saw smoke until late in the day.
Can any one who was there report on what was limiting the fire?
Watching fire wx forecast sources over those two days, the broad airmass went from onshore (and humid) to slightly off shore and very dry. So despite having stronger winds, if they’re moist, it’s a mitigating factor.