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At 11:12 am on Wednesday December 15th, Texas A&M Forest Service received a request for assistance for a fire of unknown size approximately 5 miles southeast of Iowa Park. Crews arrived on scene to find additional fires paralleling the original request and declared a complex fire. The fire is burning towards Highway 287 in dense brush and showing extreme fire

UPDATE Dec. 15, 2021:  Cherry Hill Road, 63 piles accomplished to date & Dec. 14, there was no access due to snow. Breckenridge, Dec. 14th, 71 piles completed so far.Update:  Prescribed burns took place at both the Cherry Hill Road and Breckenridge areas yesterday, 12/13/2021.  Weather permitting, burns will continue throughout this week.Kern River Ranger District plans for Prescribed Burning Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument Kernville, CA – December 10, 2021 As weather conditions permit, the Kern River Ranger District of the Sequoia National Forest will complete two prescribed fire projects in the Breckenridge Mountains and the west side of the Kern Plateau.  The targeted acreage is 200 acres. Both areas are the result of thinning and fuel reduction projects performed by contractors in past years.  Fire crews plan to start ignitions on Monday, December 13, through December 16, 2021.  The first planned units are located along the Breckenridge...

The Twin Creek wildfire in Moore County started on the afternoon of December 10, 2021 under elevated fire conditions.Underlying drought, critical fuel dryness and elevated to critical fire weather combined to produce a fire environment supportive of significant fire activity. Extreme fire behavior and fast rate of spread was observed.Texas A&M Forest Service worked in unified command with Dumas Fire Department. Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System (TIFMAS) and local fire department resources mobilized to the incident as well. State resources increased containment to 100% the evening of December 13, 2021. This page will no longer be

On September 9, 2021 the 97,528-acre Windy Fire was ignited by lightning on the Tule River Indian Reservation. As conditions allow, Sequoia National Forest fire personnel will continue their efforts on fire suppression repair, a series of immediate post-fire actions taken to repair damages and minimize potential soil erosion and impacts resulting from fire suppression activities. Please use caution when travelling near the area, fire crews continue to use these main routes to get to their work locations. Forest Service managed land burned in the Windy Fire remain closed under a Forest area closure. For public safety, the Trail of 100 Giants and other points of interest in the burned area are expected to remain closed until spring. Closed roads include Lloyd Meadow, Capinero, Crawford, Portuguese Pass and other Forest roads affected by recent wildfires. Fire hazards in these areas continue to pose an immediate threat, keeping the area closed until further notice. Tulare County has...

On the afternoon of December 10, 2021, two fires started near the town of Electra. Due to proximity, fire managers combined them into Electra Complex.  The two original fires burned together late on December 10th. Multiple local fire departments responded to assist, along with Federal resources from Sheppard Air Force Base, and State resources from Texas A&M Forest Service (TAMFS). TAMFS and Electra Volunteer Fire Department are working in unified command. The fires burned extremely active due to high winds. Responders were faced with low visibility and aircraft were not able to respond due to these conditions. Highway 287 was temporarily shut down due to heavy smoke, but reopened once it smoke dissipated.    Texas A&M Forest Service and Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) applied and received a Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG). Remember not to fly your personal drones because, If You Fly-We Can't. More frequent updates on this and other wildfires that TAMFS...

The West Wind Fire was first reported on Tuesday, November 30, 2021 as a start in Judith Basin County that quickly spread into Fergus County. High winds pushed the fire into the town of Denton, MT where multiple structures were threatened. 25 primary structures, 18 secondary structures and 6 commercial structures are destroyed. The fire was caused by a powerline.  A number of mutual aid resources have responded to the fire, including Fergus County Sheriff's Office, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, and local firefighting resources.  The West Wind Fire Inciweb page will no longer be updated after

The East Troublesome Fire was reported on the afternoon of October 14. The origination point was northeast of Kremmling in Grand County, Colo. on the Arapaho National Forest. The cause is still under investigation. Within three days, high winds and low humidity allowed the fire to spread to over 10,000 acres. The direction of fire spread threatened State Highway 125 and forced the closure of the road and mandatory evacuation of approximately 90 homes by October 17.Between Oct. 20-23, the fire spread increased dramatically with 24-hour increases of around 18,000 to 87,000 acres during the four-day run. The peak fire spread of 87,093 acres occurred between late afternoon on Oct. 21 and the early afternoon of Oct. 22. The size of the fire exploded from 18,550 acres to 187,964 acres during this period. The fire crossed Highway 125 on the afternoon of Oct. 21 and spread eastward into the Rocky Mountain National Park on Oct. 22, crossing the Continental Divide and reaching the western edge...

 All fires on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest requiring a Burned Area Emergency Response assessment will also be posted in one central location at  Central Washington Fire Recovery 2021 THREE PHASES OF WILDFIRE RECOVERY There are three phases of recovery following wildfires on federal lands:-       Fire Suppression Repair-       Emergency Stabilization-Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER)-       Long-Term Recovery and Restoration Fire Suppression Repair is a series of immediate post-fire actions taken to repair damages and minimize potential soil erosion and impacts resulting from fire suppression activities and usually begins before the fire is contained, and before the demobilization of an Incident Management Team. This work repairs the hand and dozer fire lines, roads, trails, staging areas, safety zones, and drop points used during fire suppression efforts.Emergency Stabilization-Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) is a rapid assessment of...

 All fires on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest requiring a Burned Area Emergency Response assessment will also be posted in one central location at  Central Washington Fire Recovery 2021 THREE PHASES OF WILDFIRE RECOVERY There are three phases of recovery following wildfires on federal lands:-       Fire Suppression Repair-       Emergency Stabilization-Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER)-       Long-Term Recovery and Restoration Fire Suppression Repair is a series of immediate post-fire actions taken to repair damages and minimize potential soil erosion and impacts resulting from fire suppression activities and usually begins before the fire is contained, and before the demobilization of an Incident Management Team. This work repairs the hand and dozer fire lines, roads, trails, staging areas, safety zones, and drop points used during fire suppression efforts.Emergency Stabilization-Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) is a rapid assessment of...

 All fires on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest requiring a Burned Area Emergency Response assessment will also be posted in one central location at  Central Washington Fire Recovery 2021 Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) is a rapid assessment of burned watersheds by a BAER team to identify imminent post-wildfire threats to human life and safety, property, and critical natural or cultural resources on National Forest System lands and take immediate actions to implement emergency stabilization measures before the first post-fire damaging events. Fires result in loss of vegetation, exposure of soil to erosion, and increased water runoff that may lead to flooding, increased sediment, debris flows, and damage to critical natural and cultural resources. BAER actions such as: mulching, seeding, installation of erosion and water run-off control structures, temporary barriers to protect recovering areas, and installation of warning signs may be implemented. BAER work may also...

A Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team was recently organized by the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest to begin an assessment of the Schneider Springs Fire burning outside Naches, WA. BAER teams conduct rapid assessments that evaluate post-fire conditions and determine the potential for increased flooding, sediment flows, and rockslides. BAER teams consist of many disciplines including hydrologists, geologists, soil scientists, road engineers, botanists, biologists, and archeologists from both federal and state agencies. The team will first survey the burned area and collect field data. BAER teams use this information to produce a “Soil Burn Severity” map and inform modeling. Determining soil burn severity is the first step in assessing potential watershed impacts to values that may be at-risk following a wildfire. Other science products describing the post-fire situation will follow.  BAER teams ultimately produce an assessment that describes post-fire conditions along...

·Ignitions on the Magic Feather Prescribed Burn near Red Feather Lakes have been completed for today (12/3) with an additional 50 acres burned, bringing the two-day total to 90 acres. No ignitions are expected tomorrow, but firefighters will be patrolling and monitoring the area throughout the weekend and until snow is forecasted early next week. Smoke will remain visible in the area over the next few days and the Mount Margaret Trail system remains closed through the weekend. Firefighters on the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest are closely monitoring local conditions, including favorable winds, to begin prescribed fire operations as soon as Dec. 2, 2021, on the Magic Feather Prescribed Burn to improve forest health. Burning is planned on the interior of already established blacklines around the unit, providing a control feature, and staffing will be over the minimum levels identified in the burn plan. Timing of this is meant to take advantage of...

9-20-2021:  Minimal fire behavior with backing, creeping, and smoldering activity occurred on the Cedar Creek and Cub Creek 2 fires this week. The 55,572-acre Cedar Creek is now 87% contained and Cub Creek Fire, at 70,186 acres, is 90% contained. No activity was observed on the Delancy Fire. Temperatures will remain cool, but humidity values will begin to drop compared to the previous two days. Fire spread is anticipated to be limited to interior pockets and along the active fire perimeter in remote terrain with mainly smoldering and creeping behavior. Crews and heavy equipment continue to complete suppression repair across both fire areas, repairing firelines, felling hazard trees along roads, chipping debris, and repairing roads damaged by suppression

15,000-acre prescribed burn planned for Pleasant Valley Ranger District Tonto National Forest fire specialists will be conducting a 15,000-acre broadcast burn on the Pleasant Valley Ranger District starting Tuesday, Nov. 30 through Monday, Dec. 6, 2021.Fire crews on the ground assisted by a helicopter, will be conducting the large broadcast burn north of Pleasant Valley and south of the Naeglin Rim, along the 512 and 128 Roads and to the east of the Pleasant Valley Airport. Residents and visitors to the area can expect to see and smell moderate-to-heavy amounts of smoke during the seven-day prescribed burn operation.During the day, smoke will impact the 512 Road, the OW Ranch, Forest Lakes, Canyon Creek Fish Hatchery and Pleasant Valley. In the evening hours, smoke will impact the 512 Road and Pleasant Valley, as smoke will likely move down Cherry Creek.To minimize the impact of smoke, fire personnel will terminate ignitions by 3 p.m. and signs will be posted on roads that are likely...

Due to significant snowfall and winter conditions in the area, the Dry Cabin Fire is now considered contained.The Dry Cabin Fire was reported at 1:37 p.m. on July 11, 2021. It is located in the Scapegoat and Bob Marshall Wilderness, Flathead and Lewis & Clark Counties in the Flathead National Forest and Lolo National Forest 20 miles north of Ovando, Montana. As of September 23, 2021 all area and trail closures on the Lolo and Flathead National Forests have been lifted. In the Scapegoat and Bob Marshall Wildernesses the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest remains in Stage 1 fire restrictions. There are no fire restrictions on the Lolo or Flathead National Forests, but fire season is not over, and visitors are reminded to never leave a campfire unattended and make sure campfires are completely cold to the touch before leaving

No watches are valid as of Mon Nov 22 14:35:02 UTC 2021.

No Mesoscale Discussions are in effect as of Mon Nov 22 14:35:02 UTC 2021.

SPC 1300Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0629 AM CST Mon Nov 22 2021 Valid 221300Z - 231200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not expected across the contiguous United States today. ...Synopsis/Discussion... A progressive, strongly amplified synoptic pattern will continue through the period. Synoptic troughing currently extends from Hudson Bay to the northern Gulf Coast. This will be reinforced by a shortwave trough developing from initially low-amplitude vorticity banners now over MB/ND -- and forecast to move quickly southeastward while strengthening greatly. By 12Z tomorrow, a strong basal perturbation should result near, or just offshore from, the GA/SC/NC coastline. To the west, moisture-channel imagery indicated a strong shortwave trough over the northeast Pacific, between 140W-150W and 50N-40N. This feature should cross coastal WA/OR between 06-12Z. Behind the associated low-level frontal band, cooling midlevels and steepening lapse rates are forecast atop the marine boundary layer. Forecast soundings suggest 50-250 J/kg MUCAPE, with buoyancy occasionally extending into icing layers suitable for isolated lightning production. A small general-thunder area accordingly has been introduced for the last several hours of the period (overnight). At the surface, a cold front was analyzed at 11Z from a low near CHO southwestward across northern GA, southern MS and the TX coastal shelf waters of the Gulf. This boundary will move southeastward through the period, overtaking an older, weaker baroclinic zone now located over south FL. Weak, veered/westerly surface winds ahead of the front(s) will limit lift, but MLCINH will be weak as well. Despite some minor mid/upper drying that has occurred, per comparisons of 12Z RAOBS with those from previous days, a few thunderstorms may form atop a favorably moist/prefrontal boundary layer over southeastern FL today, supported by 1000-1500 J/kg MLCAPE. Lack of both vertical shear and stronger lift will limit organization. ..Edwards/Jewell.. 11/22/2021 Read more

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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
400 AM PST Mon Nov 22 2021

For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude:

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.

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Forecaster Stewart