Truckee FPD is also responding.
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Ash is falling on Donner Lake and there is a plume of smoke visible in the direction of Royal Gorge.
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911 at the Tahoe Basin and Truckee areas are very busy. AND the halo can be seen from Myers.
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Fire Weather Discussion
NUS56 KSTO 071935
FWFSTO
Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Interior Northern California
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
1235 PM PDT Sun Jul 7 2024
…Elevated Fire Weather Concerns Due to Hot Temperatures and Low
Humidity…
.DISCUSSION…
Very hot temperatures and low humidity will continue elevated
fire weather concerns through the middle of next week. Locally
breezy conditions, mainly afternoons into evenings, could result
in periods of locally critical fire weather conditions. Cooling
trend expected beyond the middle of next week paired with low
chances for showers along the Sierra Crest.
Fire Weather Forecast for CAZ269
CAZ269-081945-
Stanislaus NF West of the Sierra Crest-
Northern Sierra Including the Tahoe and Eldorado NF/S West of the
Sierra Crest-
1235 PM PDT Sun Jul 7 2024
.TONIGHT…
- Sky/Weather…Clear.
- Min Temperature…69-77 lower elevations…except 57-67
higher elevations. - 24 HR Trend…Little change.
- Max Humidity…32-43 percent.
- 24 HR Trend…Little change.
- 20-Foot Winds…
- Valleys/Lwr Slopes…West winds up to 8 mph shifting to the east
after midnight. - Ridges/Upr Slopes…West winds 6 to 12 mph shifting to the east
up to 8 mph after midnight. - LAL…1.
- CWR…0 percent.
.MONDAY…
- Sky/Weather…Sunny.
- Max Temperature…96-101 lower elevations…except 82-92
higher elevations. - 24 HR Trend…Little change.
- Min Humidity…13-18 percent.
- 24 HR Trend…Little change.
- 20-Foot Winds…
- Valleys/Lwr Slopes…Southeast winds up to 7 mph shifting to the
southwest 4 to 9 mph in the afternoon. - Ridges/Upr Slopes…South winds 5 to 11 mph. Local gusts up to
25 mph in the afternoon. - LAL…1.
- CWR…0 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT…
- Sky/Weather…Clear.
- Min Temperature…67-75 lower elevations…except 56-66
higher elevations. - Max Humidity…30-45 percent.
- 20-Foot Winds…
- Valleys/Lwr Slopes…West winds up to 8 mph shifting to the east
up to 7 mph after midnight. - Ridges/Upr Slopes…West winds 7 to 13 mph with local gusts up
to 25 mph shifting to the east up to 8 mph after midnight. - LAL…1.
- CWR…0 percent.
.TUESDAY…
- Sky/Weather…Sunny.
- Max Temperature…93-98 lower elevations…except 80-90
higher elevations. - Min Humidity…11-26 percent.
- 20-Foot Winds…
- Valleys/Lwr Slopes…East winds up to 7 mph shifting to the
southwest 4 to 9 mph in the afternoon. - Ridges/Upr Slopes…East winds up to 8 mph shifting to the
southwest 6 to 12 mph with local gusts up to 25 mph in the
afternoon. - LAL…1.
- CWR…0 percent.
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They do that only if approved by the AirOps assigned by responsible agency without Night Helco. If a second night aircraft is added, then you’ll need Night Ops Helco assigned.
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I think the entire situation ha been underestimated. I have been assigned to several fires in that area and all became a BIG problem.
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168 acres from Firis
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PCSO reporting 13 missing hikers in the fire area. S&R mission mobilizing this morning.
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May be the cause of this fire?
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It woke right up at 0730
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If it’s not green it is private land there. And there are houses/cabins on a lot of parcels down there. Not SPI land or anything like that. More like private rec land
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They have been located & remove from the danger.
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NEU just toned out a Charlie Strike Team to join up in Soda Springs. Planned need
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This article states. “The origin of this natural disaster has been tentatively traced to an escaped campfire that was first discovered by hikers. While investigations by Cal Fire Nevada Yuba Placer Unit and the Tahoe National Forest are ongoing to confirm the cause, the relation between the initial campfire and the subsequent Royal Fire continues to be looked into closely.”
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Zephyr winds just now developing.
Hopefully, a lack of contiguous fuels will help contain this. However, as we saw with Caldor, when wind, terrain, etc come into alignment, you can get moderate to long range spotting that can hop scotch its way across the granite, from one island of fuel to another.
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Sorry these are a little late this morning.
Extended freqs assigned to TNF-Royal
Air Tactics FM - 167.550
Air/ground - 168.3375
Rotor Vic - 126.575
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