Friday, August 29, 2014

[californiadisasters] North Ops News & Notes Update (8/29/14-6PM)



Date
Time
News and Notes
08/29/2014
1800
CA-KNF Happy Camp Complex: 44,649 acres, 15% contained. A weak inversion layer promoted fire growth throughout the day. Fire growth was mainly driven by a westerly wind pattern that later in the day shifted to northwest. This wind shift aligned with the Grider Creek drainage increasing fire behavior.
08/29/2014
1800
CA-KNF July Complex: 39,557 acres, 73% contained. Whites Fire 33,680 acres, 85% contained. The Mule Bridge drainage continues low intensity backing fire into the drainage. Patrol and mop up has reduced the number of hot spots showing along the perimeter. Man Fire 2,228 acres, 0% contained. Indirect line construction continues in preparation for burning operations.
08/29/2014
1800
CA-MEU Lodge Complex: 12,536 acres, 97% contained.
08/29/2014
1800
CA-KNF Beaver Fire: 32,496 acres, 97% contained.
08/29/2014
0730
CA-KNF Happy Camp Complex; 44,649 acres, 20% contained. Light westerly winds pushed the fire toward the east and into Grider Creek. Fire behavior continued to pick up well into the night. The Frying Pan Fire and the Faulkstein Fire have merged. Fire behavior is expected to be similar today as it was yesterday. Evacuation orders and advisories remain in effect.
08/29/2014
0730
CA-KNF July Complex: 39,557 acres, 73% contained. Complex now includes the previously reported Log Fire. Whites Fire 33,680 acres, 85% contained; creeping and smoldering fire behavior. Man Fire 2,228 acres 0% contained; active surface fire and tree torching. Fire continues to burn actively in the Wooley Creek and Big Elk Fork drainages. Fire is also moving east/northeast toward Jewel Lake.
08/29/2014
0730
CA-SHU Oregon Fire: 580 acres, 100% contained.
08/29/2014
0730
CA-KNF Beaver Fire: 32,496 acres, 97% contained.
08/29/2014
0730
CA-MEU Lodge Complex: 12,536 acres, 97% contained. A slop over in Division P outside the perimeter of the fire was contained a 3/4 acre.
Source: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/index.htm


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Posted by: Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com>


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