Sunday, September 8, 2013

[californiadisasters] North Ops News & Notes Update (9/08/13-4:30PM)



Date Time News and Notes
09/08/2013 1630

CA-SCU Morgan Fire: Morgan Road near the community of Clayton, 300 acres burning in grass and brush. 10% contained, moderate rate of spread. Evacuations in progress.

CA-SHU Flannigan Fire: Shasta Lake City, 60 acres 70% contained. Fire is burning in brush.

09/08/2013
1540

National Weather Service - Medford has issued a Fire Weather Watch in effect from Monday evening through Tuesday morning for a combination of strong winds and low relative humidity for the Western Siskyou County area.

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/firewx/cafw/rfwwarningsbycwa.php?pil=XXXRFWMFR

09/08/2013 0800

CA-SRF Corral Complex: 12,295 acres, 79% contained. Pincha-Tulley /Mendes, Unified Command. Expected containment 09/11/2013.Relative humidity recovery will be poor compared to previous evenings, but fire behavior is still expected to be limited. Crews will to pull pumps off select contingency lines. Work will continue on chipping slash, improving direct fire line and mop-up. No night operations will be performed, no crews will be spiked or coyote out in the field. A plan for transition from CIIMT #3 to a Type III team has been pushed back to Wednesday 9/11/13, due to hot and dry weather.

CA-KNF Forks Complex: 36,078 acres, 66% contained. Expected containment 09/15/2013. Herold, ICT3. The fire area will experience warmer temperatures, low RH, and northeast winds that are predicted over the next few days. Fire will continue to have minimal movement or spread but fire activity could increase due to this pattern.

CA-MDF Rail Fire: 68 acres, 100% contained.

Source: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/index.htm


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