NV-HTF-Tamarack

To smokey for other fixed wing.

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Its certainly off to the races

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Tahoe Basin sending an Immediate Need Charlie

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Map image from @ 0900 today:

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From the Basin

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564FIRE (@564FIREPhoto) / Twitter is at the fire and has been streaming live content when he can.

Last broadcast was just north of Markleeville and (as usual) in the thick of it all with some big fire and quality commentary.

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Waiting for confirmation, but XSA is getting ready to assemble the T1 OES ST

Update…

Ordered filled by a ST from the Beckworth XSA canceled

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The fire has crossed Hwy 89 headed East crossing North of town and South of Airport Rd. Huge energy in this segment of fire.

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7,000 acres - 2 buildings confirmed destroyed. New mandatory evacs: Sierra Pines, Upper and Lower Manzanita, Crystal Springs, Alpine Village, Diamond Valley Road are now under mandatory evacuations.

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3 Charlie engines en route from Yolo County immediate need.
WOF B7
YDF E225
MDS E217

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XSA back in…4804A…immed need

STEN SCR
STEN T FOL

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Caltopo is behind by 3-4 hours usually for perimeter heat signatures
https://caltopo.com/map.html#ll=38.69304,-119.8177&z=12&b=t&o=f16a%2Cr&n=1,0.25&a=mba%2Cfire%2Cmodis_mp

The Hawkins Peak cam is zoomed in and the Leek Springs cam is good distance shot. Big pyro cumulus build. Its taking big chunks this afternoon.
http://www.alertwildfire.org/tahoe/index.html?camera=Axis-Leek&v=fd40729

Was covering Markleville in 1987 when a fire burned down that town. What a week that was. It’s kind of close… but, now I am dating my career.

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Type 1 IMT on order. Rocky Mtn team, IC Dallas

https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/logistics/teams/imt_rotate.pdf

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HTF just tweeted 21,000 acres and 0 percent contained.

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First fixed wing aircraft of the day (besides IR and AA) is inbound, 4 SEATs out of Stead.

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Well its in Markleeville and here’s the RAWS (if its correct)
1300 gusts to 34mph
1900 gusts to 22mph
fuel stick probably burned but shows 4
RH 20
https://raws.dri.edu/cgi-bin/rawMAIN.pl?caCMRK
Click on daily summary and submit info for current day.

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2175C from Monterey Co forming up.

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XST 4201C (Stanislaus County) has a report time of 0600 on 7/18 to the fire. Keyes, Turlock Rural, Denair, Burbank-Paradise, Stanislaus Consolidated, and STL from Modesto.

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