As the active cells pass in the vicinity of the tower, the individual either hangs out in the tower cab on an insulated stool or bed( old school glass insulators as the feet on the legs) and stay off of the radio, or they just leave the cab/ tower completely to a residence or lower floor.
After the cell passes or deemed safe they will return to the cab and scan for smokes.
Same yet different uses for the term “downstaff” … Momentarily or seasonally.
Good question Hey505, the Banner Mtn lookout is a 75 metal tower that sways about 2’ in the wind. There’s no way in hell anyone in their right mind would be up there in a storm. Some towers have a stool with glass ball on the feet, but if electricity can travel 2 miles through dead airspace I wouldn’t chance a 3" insulator to protect me.
Monday June 20, 2022 North Ops Fire Weather Webcast.
Source: ONCC GACC, NorthOps Predictive Services.
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NWS Sac: Widespread moderate, with local high, heat risk continues today
though temperatures will ease off a bit from Tuesday’s highs
across the southern half of the Sacramento Valley southward into
the northern San Joaquin Valley as onshore flow returns and clouds
spread northward from central California.
Water vapor imagery shows the low is off the coast to the west
southwest of Vandenberg. Mid and upper level moisture and
instability is continuing to work its way northward and a few
thunderstorms are developing over central California. Some of this
activity will work its way northward into the Motherlode and
northern Sierra later this morning and into the afternoon as the
low moves closer to the coast.
In the wake of the cut off low, the upper level ridge is going to build all the way into BC. Temperatures will stay hot and conditions will dry through the weekend. Early next week, a trough is going to break down the ridge a bit in the Pacific NW and this could promote gusty onshore winds for critical fire weather conditions during the afternoon.
Models drag an anomalous surface cold front and subsequent surface high pressure through the midwest which is bullish for continued ridging and above normal temperatures until the end of the month in the Western US.
Just rained pretty good here in Soulsbyville above Sonora (Tuolumne County) … Lots of thunder as well and lightning strikes in Calaveras County and on the @Stanislaus_NF
It’s still quite a ways out with the tide but the model consistency run to run for the GFS is there. I won’t inundate with information since a forecast this far out is shakey 9/10 times but i don’t think I will be at fault.
Around 7/7 a very potent heatwave looks likely with the next ridging cycle that could lead to excessive heat warnings. This ridge could be very large and might cover much of the Southern US and bring a major heatwave to North Ops.
Will update as the concern grows.
