Looks like the column started to shift more towards the West-North West:
https://col.st/Hm3Ai
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I hope they listen to AA 52. He knows
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Porcupine Fire start;
UPDATE @19:20 on Porcupine Fire: 2 engine crews have made it into the fire and lined it along
with copter crew. Calling it contained. Little smoke nor heat left.
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Really no mechanisms in place to induce a column collapse. More than likely it just shifted from the camera view or reduced burning conditions.
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Agreed. I thought it looked more sheared/laid over. You can really see the upper elevation winds on it if you compare the ground or 20ft level smoke.
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Just looks like a wind shift, and Mother Nature putting the lid on it for the night. Definitely not a collapse. Also by the looks of it the inversion have been stickin around all day unlike the first day where it had tons of lift.
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I find it strangely odd that that the only suppression equipment order pending in the system is a single increment T3 engine. A lot of overhead and supply request pending. Maybe they will pull the big handle tomorrow…???..or maybe they got this rapped…
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Word was it is backing down to the river, and the map says the other side burned 5 years ago, so will that make it manageable?
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Heard from boots on the ground that “they got a plan and the people to do it”
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Good to hear…hope the stomp the guts out of it…
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Don’t forget to look, at Miami 1&2, closer than Deadwood.
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Sounds like there’s a new start in Yosemite valley.
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10:30am 7/10/22, Another new fire at Mirror Lake Area, they are seeing if 551 can get in below the smoke to do bucket work. 1 to 2 acres at this time
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Inversion is lifting… Requesting fixed wings… 30 minute ETA
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There’s 7 type 1 helicopters at Mariposa airport
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the guys need a higher hard deck. only go below it for drops.
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