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National Preparedness Level: 1
Northern California PL: 1
Southern California PL: 2
Current National Situation:
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Initial attack was light with 64 new fires reported last week. 1 new large fire reported and 0 large fires contained.
This overview will be updated every Friday at 8:00 am unless significant activity occurs. Individual fires will be updated in real time.
Last week
Fires: 64
Acres: 104
Year to date
Fires: 53,478
Acres: 8,554,368
10-yr average
Fires: 63,273
Acres: 6,444,615
(2008 – 2017 as of today)
Regional Fires
| Incident Name | State | Lead Agency | Size (acres) | Percent Contained | Estimate of Containment | Personnel | Structures Destroyed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp, Butte County | CA | CAL FIRE BTU | 153,336 | 100% | Nov. 30, 2018 | 1,065 | 18,804 |
California Fires
| Incident Name | State | Lead Agency | Size (acres) | Percent Contained | Estimate of Containment | Personnel | Structures Destroyed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolsey, Ventura/LA | CA | CAL FIRE | 96,949 | 100% | Nov. 22, 2018 | 325 | 1,643 |
Out of State Fires
| Incident Name | State | Lead Agency | Size (acres) | Percent Contained | Estimate of Containment | Personnel | Structures Destroyed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Range 2 | NV | ECFX | 9,196 | 98% | unknown | 23 | 8 |
Large Incident: A wildfire of 100 acres or more occurring in timber, or a wildfire of 300 acres or more occurring in grass/sage.
Wildland Fire: Any nonstructure fire, other than prescribed fire, that occurs in the wildland.
Wildland Fire – IMT1: Wildland fire; Type 1 Incident Management Team Assigned.
Wildland Fire – IMT2: Wildland fire; Type 2 Incident Management Team Assigned.
Wildland Fire – Other: Wildland fire; Other Incident Management Team Assigned besides a Type 1 or Type 2 team (e.g. Type 3).
Wildland Fire Use (WFU) Fire – A naturally ignited wildland fire that is managed to accomplish specific prestated resource management objectives in predefined geographic areas outlined in Fire Management Plans.
Map information provided courtesy of the UDSA Remote Sensing Application Center using data provided by the National Interagency Fire Center. The data is subject to change.
Weather Outlook
More valley rain and mountain snow is expected across the northwestern quarter of the country Friday as another weakening cold front moves east along the Canadian Border.
To the south, across the Southwest, warm and dry conditions Friday will give way to a cooler and breezy southwesterly flow over the weekend.
In the Southeast a strong, wet system will move northeast into the Mid-Atlantic region by Sunday spreading moderate to heavy rainfall.
Windy conditions are expected across the northern Great Plains Saturday followed by a warm up that will allow for unseasonably warm conditions to develop as far north as the Dakotas.
Cooler and windy conditions will return by Mid-week as an Alberta Clipper moves southeast from Canada toward the Great Lakes. While this is occurring, high pressure will redevelop over the west producing warm and dry conditions in the mountains and strong inversions in the lower elevations.