National Preparedness Level: 1 (On a scale from 1 to 5)
Northern California PL: 1
Southern California PL: 1
This report will be every Friday unless significant activity occurs.
Smaller, local incidents are listed in the Happening Now section.
Current National Situation:
April 19, 2024 – Initial attack was light with 461 new fires reported. 18 new large fires reported and 22 large fires contained.
| This week | Year to date | 10-yr average |
| Fires: 461 Acres: 8,636 | Fires: 10,199 Acres: 1,774,404 | Fires: 13,930 Acres: 695,318 (2014 – 2023 as of today) |
Regional fires
| Incident Name | State | Lead Agency | Size (acres) | Percent Contained | Estimate of Containment | Personnel | Structures Destroyed |
| Pendola 2024 | CA | TNF | 18 | 100% | April 21, 2024 | 50+ | 0 |
California fires
| Incident Name | State | Lead Agency | Size (acres) | Percent Contained | Estimate of Containment | Personnel | Structures Destroyed |
| Smith River Complex | CA | SRF | 95,107 | 95% | Nov. 15, 2023 | 40 | 7 |
Out of state fires
Map information using data provided by the National Interagency Fire Center. The data is subject to change.
Weather Outlook
Over the next week, areas with elevated fire weather concerns will primarily be focused on parts of the Southwest and South, with southern Arizona/New Mexico and Florida having the highest potential for significant wildfires to arise. A cold front moving through the Plains and into the Southeast over the weekend will bring higher humidity to most areas and widespread wetting rain from central Texas to the southeast Atlantic coast; however, Florida will likely remain hot and dry. Warm and dry conditions will persist in the southern Great Basin, Mojave Desert, and Southwest (west of The Divide) into early next week, with daily relative humidities of 5-20% and overnight recoveries below 50%. Across the Southwest, breezy winds will contribute to the gradual, seasonal increase in fire potential. Elsewhere in the West, normal to below normal temperatures, accompanied by light precipitation, are expected for the Northwest and Northern Rockies over the weekend. Similarly, the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic will see scattered light precipitation through the weekend. A few more days of dry and breezy conditions are expected across the northern Plains and Upper Midwest, although some modest precipitation is possible next week. Mild and dry conditions are forecast for much of Interior Alaska into the weekend, with a gradual cooling trend early next week, while dry and occasionally breezy trade winds are forecast for Hawai’i.