Southern Wildfire Status (FL & OK): March 30th

I have continue to follow the Oklahoma Forest Fire Service Fire News Blog, a good source because they post copies of their Daily Situations Posts on this blog. I noticed earlier this week that the wildfire activity in Oklahoma appeared to diminish. The decrease in wildfire activity in Oklahoma has apparently continued the rest of this week. I asked my friend at the NWS Norman Oklahoma about this in an e-mail a couple of days ago. He told me that for much of Oklahoma it seems that wildfire season may be over he had two caveats. One is that wildfire season may not be over in the High Plains of West Texas and perhaps for far western Oklahoma. The second caveat is that in some persistently dry years wildfires sometimes re-emerge in May. Fingers crossed that doesn't happen.

But as wildfire season may be diminishing in Oklahoma and environs, wildfire season has been underway in Florida for at least the last two or three weeks. In the last few days, I noted the news of two larger wildfires: one is an 8,000 plus acre wildfire that is burning in Gulf County in northwest Florida, see this report (with video) from News Channel 7 WGHJ for more information.

Then there is the 16,876  acre wildfire in Collier County, see this report from the NapleNews for more information.  Here is video from the Collier Sheriff of one of their helicopters with a bucket working the wildfire in Collier County.


Direct link to Youtube Video from the Collier Sheriff

As of Thursday afternoon, March 28th, there were 37 active wildfires burning statewide in Florida for a total of 32,874 acres burned, go to this Facebook Post that the Florida Forest Service shared on their Facebook page on March 29th to see a map of wildfire locations.

NJFFS History: Beachwood wildfire (Ocean County), April 2014

Continuing with a bit of New Jersey Forest Fire Service history, I am revisiting a wildfire that burned in Beachwood NJ (ocean County) on April 24, 2014. This wildfire, known as the Continental Fire, burned 307 acres.


Direct link to video


Direct link to video

A look at some prescribed burns

Continuing to prepare posts ahead and given that this is around the time of year when the New Jersey Forest Fire Service does prescribed burns, I am sharing three videos for you of prescribed burns. Recall that I wrote on March 16th that the New Jersey Forest Fire Service has extended the prescribed burning season because of wet winter.


Direct link to video on Youtube


Direct link to video on Youtube


Direct link to video on Youtube

Time out: update and ongoing projects

I wrote this post a couple of days ago, in advance of nor'easter # 4, just in case. Some areas in New Jersey had near or just over a foot of snow. I measured 9.6 inches. Power outages near the shore, with scattered outages inland.

I suspect, but I may be wrong, that the New Jersey Forest Fire Service probably did not have prescribed burning scheduled for the end of this week because of the weather. New Jersey Forest Fire crews are available for post-storm clean up New Jersey State Parks and Forests I continue to follow the wildfire season in the southern great plains. If you are wondering what is going on, the Oklahoma Forest Service has a fire news blog where the OFS posts their current and past daily situation reports, the current OFS Daily Situation Report may be found here.

The Texas A&M Forest Service has a wildfire and disasters web page where you will find links to the current wildfire situation as well the weekly wildfire potential. The Texas A&M Forest Service has a  twitter page.

Finally don’t forget the reports available from the Southern Area Coordination Center’s intelligence page under southern area products.

I am almost always working on other projects for this blog, so I will continue doing background research on one project in particular. It is too early to say more. Stay tuned.

I do have a post of a different nature lined up for Monday, March 26th where I am sharing some videos showing prescribed burns.

Wildfire Activity in Southern Great Plains - Oklahoma (March 16 - 21)

I want to return to the spring wildfire season in the Oklahoma area of the Southern Great Plains. Fortunately, I am able to access the Oklahoma Forestry Service’s (OFS) Daily Situation Reports for March 16 through March 21, 2018 (and earlier) on the OFS Fire News Blog.  As I understand it, this blog is update daily with the previous day’s report, sometimes the current day’s report may be found there as well. I like this blog because it gives me a quick way to find out about wildfires in Oklahoma from afar. While I am not writing about wildfires in other areas of the Southern Great Plains, I know that they exist. Those of you who are interested in the current wildfire situation in the Southern Great Plains may want to check out the current Morning Report from the Southern Area Coordination Center (under Southern Area Products).

Before moving on, I do want to write a quick follow-up to the Stateline Fire that I wrote about in my blog on March 14th. According to an article from the Denver Post (March 18th) the Stateline Fire was mostly contained on March 18th at 28,105 acres in three states: Colorado (10,333 acres), New Mexico (17,500 acres) and Oklahoma (112 acres). The Southwest Coordination Center is reporting today (via the map on their homepage) that the Stateline Fire is at 100 percent containment.

The current OFS Daily Situation Report may be found on on this OFS webpage.  

Unless otherwise indicated, I am relying on the OFS Daily Situation Reports for March 16 through March 21, 2018.

Focusing on Oklahoma wildfires (many are probably grass fires) reported during the period from March 16 to 21, I see that there have been many wildfires of varying sizes reported during this period. Several of these are wildfires of at least 1,000 acres including but not limited to:

• Burris Alley Fire (Atoka County), 1,125 acres. Per the Southern Area Coordination Center’s recent Morning Reports this wildfire is at 100 percent containment.
• Blue Creek Fire (Pittsburg County), 1,728 acres. Per the Southern Area Coordination Center’s recent Morning Reports this wildfire is at 100 percent containment.
• Merritt Fiire (Beckham County), 1,466 acres, at 100 percent containment.
• Maple Fire (Canadian County), 1,100 acres, at 100 percent containment.
• Circle K Fire (Osage County), 1,175 acres, at 99 percent containment on March 17th.

New Jersey Prescribed Burning: March 19

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service (NJFFS) scheduled prescribed burning today, Monday March 19th, in the following counties. With another nor-easter on the way this Wednesday that may dump up to a foot of snow on New Jersey and environs, I would suspect that the snow (if it materializes) could put a damper on prescribed burning at the end of the week. Tomorrow looks iffy, with light snow forecast so I don't know if the NJFFS will be doing any prescribed burning tomorrow. Thanks to my friends at the B10 NJ Wildland Fire Page for the information on today's prescribed burns.  A map of New Jersey by NJFFS Division may be found here (you may have to scroll down a bit to see the map. Fire towers in NJFFS Divisions B and C were staffed today.


Atlantic County (NJFFS Division C)

• Maple Lake WMA, Estell Manor
• Great Egg Harbor WMA, Hamilton
• Private property, Mullican
• Township property, Hamilton

Burlington County (NJFFS Division B)

• Brendon Byrne State Forest, Pemberton and Woodland 
• Wharton State Forest, Shamong and Washington

Cape May County (NJFFS Division C)

• Beaver Swamp WMA, Middle Cape May
• Belleplain State Forest, Upper Cape May

Cumberland County (NJFFS Division C)

• Landis Sewage Authority, Vineland

Ocean County (NJFFS Division B)

• Colliers Mills WMA, Jackson
• Metedeconk Golf Course, Jackson
• Double Trouble State Park, Lakewood
• Bass River State Forest, Little Egg Harbor
• Greenwood Forest WMA, Barnegat and Lacey

Prescribed Burning Season in NJ extended

In a normal year, what ever that is, prescribed burning season in New Jersey ends on March 15th. With two nor'easters in early March, as I understand it, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service (NJFFS has extended the prescribed burning  (Rx) season for another 2 to 4 weeks. In northern New Jersey, the Rx season has been extended to April 15th. In central New Jersey the Rx season has been extended to April 1. I am not sure about southern New Jersey. As I live in northern New Jersey, I am glad that the Rx burning season has been extended to April 15th because their is still some snow on the ground, and probably more snow at higher elevations.

I thank my friends at the B10 NJ Wildland Fire Page for sharing prescribed burns that the NJFFS has scheduled for today in central New Jersey (Division B):

Burlington County

• Brendon Byrne State Forest, Pemberton
• Brendon Byrne State Forest, Woodland
• Mullica River/Batso, Washington
• Washington Turnpike, Washington

Ocean County

• Manchester WMA, Manchester
• Patriot County Park, Jackson
• Carriage Road, Lucy

Wildfire in Southwest: Stateline Fire (NM,CO,OK)

Updated on March 21, 2018 at 10:50 AM) According to a March 18th article from the Denver Post the Stateline that burned 28,105 acres across three states (CO-10,333 acres; NM-17,300 acres; and OK-112 acres) was mostly contained at the time the article was written. The Southwest Coordination Center is reporting today (via the map on their homepage) that the Stateline Fire is at 100 percent containment.

March 14, 2018

Things are getting back to some semblance of normal in New Jersey after two recent nor'easters with the nor'easter # 3 hitting Southern New England hard. I wanted to find out about the wildfire situation in Oklahoma so I went to the Oklahoma Forestry Services (OFS) Daily Situation Page (updated daily) where I accessed the OFS Daily Situation Report for today, March 14th. This report is not yet available on the OFC Fire News Blog, however I suspect that this report will be available in a day or so.

Anyway, I noted that there were several wildfires in Oklahoma that have been 100 percent contained including the 2,400 acre Duncan Fire that burned 2,400 acres in Pushmataha County, the Rocky Trail Fire that burned 230 acres in Pittsburg County and several fires that were contained at under 200 acres.

Of note, I learned about the Stateline Fire that has burned over 26,000 acres near the New Mexico-Colorado-Oklahoma state line. This grass fire is outside the OFS response area but the OFS sent resources to help fight this grass fire. According to the Southwest Coordination Center's Morning Report (March 14, 2018)  the Stateline grass fire was first reported on Match 8, has burned 26,768 acres 35 miles north of Clayton NM, and is at 50 percent containment as I write this. Helicopters are working the fire in support of the wildland firefighters on the ground. Further the Midewin Hotshot Crew is or was working the wildfire.

Here is a video from KOAA 5 from March 12th:



Direct link to video on Youtube

And another video from the Colorado Division of Fire Control taken from a Colorado Multi Mission Aircraft on or about March 12th.


Direct link to video on Youtube

Bill Gabbert of Wildfire Today reported on the Stateline Fire in a March 12th article

Time out - thank-you linemen for restoring power in NJ

As many of you know from reports on various media outlets, New Jersey and environs in adjoining Pennsylvania and New York have seen two nor'easters in the last several days with one more on the way tonight. Unless the storm tonight takes a turn to the west, this storm is likely to have a more severe impact on Eastern Long Island and Southern New England.

These two nor'easters, one on March 2nd and the second on March 7th hit New Jersey and environs hit New Jersey hard with 200 to 300,000 outages or more during each storm. Crews were not quite finished restoring power from the March 2nd storm when the second nor'easter hit. Utility crews from around the country came to help restore power. So, I want to take a time out from my usual blogging to say that I am ok, I get through the storm better then some in my area of New Jersey.

Before getting back to the utility crews, I would be remiss not to give a shout out to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service (NJFFS). I know that sometimes NJFFS crews help with post-storm clean up in New Jersey State property.  I do not know whether are not NJFFS have been helping with such post-storm clean up. At the very least I want to acknowledge that they are ready and willing to do so should their help be required.

But more importantly and to the point is to thank the utility crews for spending days away from their families working 16 hour shifts. See this March 12th report from First Energy on restoration efforts in their service area in New Jersey (where I live). Most of those who lost power during the March 2nd storm had the power restored by Saturday, March 10th with the majority of the remaining outages being restored to service on March 11th.

There were a couple of staging areas for utility crews, where crews from out of state could sleep in trailers, take showers, and eat in a common dining area. In addition supplies including but not limited to utility poles, wires, and transformers were at these staging areas. New Jersey Advance Media. New Jersey Advance Media (aka NJ dot com) had a nice photo spread on March 8th that included images of destruction caused by the most recent storm along with photos from one of the utility staging areas. That photo spread and article may be found here with photos of the utility staging area starting at photo 24 through photo 36. I don't have my own photos to share with you, but I do hope that you take a few moments to look at the photos from NJ Advance Media.

Thank-you all utility linemen, support crew, etc. who worked so hard to restore power to us in New Jersey and adjoining states. You work is appreciated. You spent time away from your families working long days to help us out. Stay safe.

NJFFS History: Monroe Township (Middlesex County), 4/19/85

Continuing with sharing some videos of historic wildfires in New Jersey, here is a a video of a wildfire that burned over 600 acres in Monroe Township (Middlesex County) on April 9, 1985. A few homes and outbuildings were lost.


Direct link to video

Airtankers at Penticton Air Tanker Base, British Columbia (2013

As we in the northeast experience another nor'easter today, I hope that you enjoy this footage of airtankers at Penticton Airtanker Base (July 28, 2013) in British Columbia, Canada. I enjoyed this 19 minute footage, made my day.


Direct link to video from VMC Aviation Videos

March 2nd Nor'easter

Many of you no doubt know about the nasty nor'easter that hit the east coast of the United States from Virginia to Maine last Friday, March 2nd. Tens of thousands of folk are still without power as I write this. I am still here. I do sometimes pause and post about notable weather events that impact my corner of the world. No, this time, I do not have no photos of utility workers that are working around the clock to restore power. I decided that best thing that I can do for those working to clean up tree debris and restore power is to stay out of the way. Moreover, I saw enough of those wonderful utility workers after Super Storm Sandy to last me a while, many were working within walking distance of my house.

I want to thank the staff of my National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office at Philadelphia, Mt. Holly for the great work they did in giving us the best information that they could to keep us informed of the nasty storm so that we may be as safe as we can. In addition, I want to thank the staff at the following National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs) for their forecasts: State College Pennsylvania, Gray/Portland Maine, Burlington Vermont, Boston/Taunton Massachusetts,  Albany New York, Binghamton New York, New York, NY (Upton), Baltimore/Washington, and Wakefield, Virginia. Some WFO's were not as severely impacted as others, but I believe that all I named here were keeping an eye on the nor'easter. There are two National Weather Service River Forecast Centers that keep an eye on their rivers and harbors that cover the region that I just mentioned, the Northeast River Forecast Center and the Midatlantic River Forecast Center. The River Forecast Centers work with each of the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices in their regions. All of these WFOs and River Forecast Centers were involved in forecasting the March 2-3 Nor'easter. I hope that I included all Weather Forecast Offices and River Forecast Centers that were involved with this Nor'easter.. Thanks all of my friends at the National Weather Service for working hard in sometimes difficult circumstances to be sure that your residents have the best possible weather information (that often changes as the hours go by) so that we may as safe as possible.

I think that the best video that I can share is one that some of you may have seen on CNN (on March 3rd, I believe) of a plane that was not able to land at Reagan National Airport in Arlington Virginia on March 2nd in the strong winds, starting at about 25 seconds into the March 3rd video report.


Direct link to CNN video on youtube

Here is the last Public Information Statement from the NWS Weather Forecast Office at Philadelphia/Mt. Holly for the March 2nd Nor'easter, you may or may not be interested in the snow fall totals. But you might be interested in the peak wind gusts listed after the snowfall reports. I copied this from their website which is why the background colors are not consistent. The yellow highlighting is mine.

000
NOUS41 KPHI 031800
PNSPHI
DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-
060>062-067>071-040600-

Public Information Statement
Spotter Reports
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
100 PM EST Sat Mar 03 2018

The following are unofficial observations taken during the past 53
hours for the storm that has been affecting our region. Appreciation
is extended to highway departments, cooperative observers, Skywarn
spotters and media for these reports. This summary also is available
on our home page at weather.gov/phi

********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************

LOCATION          STORM TOTAL     TIME/DATE   COMMENTS
                     SNOWFALL           OF
                     /INCHES/   MEASUREMENT

DELAWARE

...New Castle County...
   Talley Brook           1.3   810 PM  3/02  DEOS
   Greenville             0.8   800 AM  3/03  DEOS
   Claymont               0.6   812 PM  3/02  DEOS
   New Castle County Ai   0.1   700 PM  3/02  ASOS
   Hockessin                T   800 AM  3/03  DEOS
   Prices Corner            T   800 AM  3/03  DEOS

NEW JERSEY

...Atlantic County...
   Hammonton              3.2   745 PM  3/02  Co-Op Observer
   Estell Manor           2.9   800 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer
   1 WNW Hammonton        2.5   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   3 SE Folsom            2.0   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   4 SW Egg Harbor City   1.4   750 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Atlantic City Intl A   0.8  1205 AM  3/03  ASOS

...Burlington County...
   2 SSE Medford Twp      1.5   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Tabernacle             1.4   800 AM  3/03  Social Media
   Marlton                1.2   500 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   1 SSW Moorestown Twp   1.1   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Mount Laurel           1.1   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   2 SE Southampton Twp   1.0   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Moorestown             1.0   827 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   5 WNW Tabernacle Twp   0.8   830 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Cinnaminson Twp.       0.7   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Maple Shade            0.5   505 PM  3/02  Public
   Mount Holly WFO        0.5   700 PM  3/02  NWS Office
   2 E Burlington         0.2   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Camden County...
   4 W Winslow Twp.       2.5   730 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Cherry Hill            2.0   845 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   4 SW Somerdale         1.3   700 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer
   Mount Ephraim          1.0   725 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Cape May County...
   1 NNW Woodbine         0.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Cumberland County...
   Newport                1.3   600 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter

...Gloucester County...
   South Harrison Twp     3.5   815 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   4 WSW Turnersville     3.2   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Mantua                 3.0   454 AM  3/03  Storm total.
   West Deptford          2.5   630 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   1 WNW Turnersville     2.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   East Greenwich Twp.    2.0   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   2 SE Monroe Twp.       1.0   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Hunterdon County...
   2 NE Byram             4.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Frenchtown             3.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   3 ESE Alpha            3.1   630 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   2 SSE Annandale        2.0   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Lebanon                1.8   730 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   3 E Flemington         1.0   826 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer
   Readington             0.5   350 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter

...Mercer County...
   2 NW Hopewell Twp.     0.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   3 NNW Trenton          0.2  1159 PM  3/02  CoCoRaHS
   Ewing                  0.2   340 PM  3/02  Meteorologist
   Hamilton Twp           0.1   500 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter

...Middlesex County...
   3 NE South Brunswick   0.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Monmouth County...
   Clarksburg             3.3   930 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Howell                 2.8   825 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Colts Neck             2.6   745 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   1 E Colts Neck Twp     2.6   800 PM  3/02  CoCoRaHS
   3 W Howell Twp         2.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   9 NE Lakehurst         2.0   701 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Freehold               2.0   800 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer
   9 SSW Long Branch      1.3   705 PM  3/02  CoCoRaHS
   5 SW Long Branch       0.6   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   1 SW Long Branch       0.4   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Morris County...
   Green Pond            11.8   400 AM  3/03  Trained Spotter
   Randolph Twp          11.3   730 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Jefferson Twp         10.6  1045 PM  3/02  CoCoRaHS
   Lake Hopatcong        10.0   640 PM  3/02  Amateur Radio
   Mount Arlington        9.0   830 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Schooleys Mountain     9.0   315 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Mine Hill Twp. ENE     8.2   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Marcella               8.0  1030 PM  3/02  Elevation 820 feet.
   3 S Green Pond         8.0   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   2 SW Randolph Twp      8.0   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Mine Hill Twp.         8.0   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Rockaway               6.0   700 AM  3/03  Public
   7 ESE Stanhope         6.0   615 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   4 W Washington Twp.    5.8   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Roxbury Twp.           5.8   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Chester Twp ENE        5.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   2 E Randolph Twp.      5.0   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   2 E Randolph Twp       5.0  1000 AM  3/03  Social Media
   Denville               4.3  1030 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Ledgewood              2.0   442 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   2 W Mendham            1.9   845 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   2 ESE Denville Twp     1.9   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   3 NNW New Providence   1.0  1000 PM  3/02  CoCoRaHS
   5 W Fairfield          0.5   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Ocean County...
   3 SSE Berkeley Twp.    2.0   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Lakehurst              1.0   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Point Pleasant Beach   0.3   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   2 NNE Brick Twp.       0.2   900 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Somerset County...
   1 NNE Peapack And Gl   4.0   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   3 ESE Bedminster Twp   1.0   600 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   2 ENE Franklin Twp.    0.5   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   4 ENE Franklin Twp     0.4   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   4 SE Hillsborough Tw   0.3   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   3 NE Franklin Twp.     0.3   600 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Sussex County...
   Branchville           16.5  1030 PM  3/02  Elevation 1200 FT
   Montague              15.8   211 AM  3/03  Trained Spotter
   Highland Lakes        14.0   800 PM  3/02  Elevation 1400 FT
   High Point            13.5   235 PM  3/02  Elevation 1500 FT
   Vernon Twp            11.0   530 PM  3/02  Barry Lakes
   3 SE Hardyston Twp     8.2   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   3 N Wantage            8.0   410 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Stockholm              7.0   237 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Vernon Valley          5.5   530 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   1 NNE Sussex           2.3   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Warren County...
   Oxford                 6.0   415 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Allamuchy              6.0   748 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Hackettstown           5.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   4 NE Hope              3.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Stewartsville          3.1   800 AM  3/03  Social Media
   2 E Alpha              3.1   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Bridge                 2.7   700 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer
   Riegelsville           2.0   700 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer

PENNSYLVANIA

...Berks County...
   Huffs Church           2.1   400 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   2 WNW New Morgan       0.5   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   2 ESE Fleetwood        0.2   806 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Bucks County...
   2 NW Perkasie          6.1   926 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer
   Chalfont               5.5   800 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Furlong                2.7   600 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Penndel                1.0   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Trevose                1.0   600 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   1 E Oakford            1.0  1200 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer
   3 NNE Langhorne        0.7   630 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Carbon County...
   Albrightsville         5.5  1220 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Jim Thorpe             2.0   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Chester County...
   Berwyn                 7.0   520 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Downingtown            4.6   700 PM  3/02  Social Media
   East Nantmeal          3.3   630 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Devault                2.5   816 PM  3/02  DEOS
   West Chester           2.5   817 PM  3/02  DEOS
   Warwick                2.3   800 AM  3/03  DEOS
   Chester Springs        1.6   800 AM  3/03  DEOS
   Glenmoore              1.2   700 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer
   Pughtown               0.6   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   3 SW Chads Ford        0.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Delaware County...
   Wayne                  9.5   700 AM  3/03  Social Media
   Villanova              9.0  1200 AM  3/03  Social Media
   Newtown Square         7.0   700 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Media                  6.0   700 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Thornton               5.6   625 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Lansdowne              4.4   825 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Springfield            4.3   800 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Broomall               3.2   350 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Chadds Ford            2.2   645 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter

...Lehigh County...
   Fogelsville            6.0  1200 AM  3/03  Social Media
   Salisbury Twp          4.1   700 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   2 S Emmaus             4.0   430 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   S Allentown            4.0   620 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Lehigh Valley Intl A   3.7   700 PM  3/02  ASOS
   Allentown              2.5   212 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   1 ESE Neffs            0.7   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Monroe County...
   Coolbaugh Twp         23.6   800 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Tobyhanna             20.0   510 PM  3/02  Broadcast Media
   Mount Pocono          17.0  1000 AM  3/03  Trained Spotter
   Blakeslee             15.0   200 AM  3/03  Social Media
   Pocono Summit         12.0   939 AM  3/03  Trained Spotter
   1 NE Bossardsville     7.1   930 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Bartonsville           7.0   715 PM  3/02  Social Media
   1 N Rossland           4.4   706 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Montgomery County...
   Bryn Mawr              9.5   740 AM  3/03  Social Media
   Plymouth Meeting       9.0  1200 AM  3/03  Social Media
   North Wales            8.0   830 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Wyndmoor               7.0  1000 AM  3/03  Social Media
   3 SW Lansdale          6.7   900 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Lansdale               5.5   645 PM  3/02  Social Media
   8 ESE Schwenksville    5.0   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Green Lane             4.5   800 AM  3/03  Social Media
   Graterford             4.4   730 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Wynnewood              4.3   430 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   3 ESE Skippack         3.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Site 2                 3.5   700 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer
   Wyncote                3.0   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   2 WSW Schwenksville    2.8   800 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   1 WSW North Wales      2.5   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   King of Prussia        2.3   800 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Tylersport             1.5  1000 AM  3/03  Social Media
   Gilbertsville          1.3   730 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   1 W Conshohocken       1.0   700 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer

...Northampton County...
   Hellertown             6.0   400 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Bethlehem              5.6   330 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Cherry Hill            5.5  1020 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Easton                 4.3   700 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Martins Creek          3.2   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS

...Philadelphia County...
   Philadelphia           3.0   200 AM  3/03  Northeast Philadelphia
   Pencoyd                2.5   330 PM  3/02  6ABC Studios
   Fox Chase              2.2   800 AM  3/03  Social Media
   Rockledge SE           2.2   730 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Franklin Institute     2.0   930 AM  3/03  Co-Op Observer
   5 NE Philadelphia      2.0   700 AM  3/03  CoCoRaHS
   Somerton               2.0   415 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Philadelphia Intl Ai   1.5   700 PM  3/02  ASOS

***********************PEAK WIND GUST***********************

LOCATION             MAX WIND     TIME/DATE   COMMENTS
                        GUST            OF
                         MPH    MEASUREMENT

DELAWARE

...ANZ455...
   1 SE Dewey Beach        62  1126 AM  3/02  54 knots.

...ANZ470...
   NDBC Buoy 44009         69   700 PM  3/02  60 knots.

...Kent County...
   Dover                   62   349 PM  3/02  AWOS

...New Castle County...
   Wilmington New Castl    58   254 PM  3/02  ASOS
   Middletown              58   421 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Blackbird               52   509 PM  3/02  RAWS
   Townsend                46   510 PM  3/02  DEOS

...Sussex County...
   Lewes                   66   749 AM  3/02  ROUTE 1
   Lewes NOS               66   848 PM  3/02  NOS-NWLON
   Dewey Beach             62  1151 AM  3/02  WXFLOW
   Greenwood               54   316 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Sussex County Airpor    49  1203 PM  3/02  ASOS
   Redden                  49   208 PM  3/02  RAWS
   Georgetown              47   135 PM  3/02  DEOS
   Milton                  46  1235 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Seaford                 46   310 PM  3/02  DEOS

MARYLAND

...Cecil County...
   Fair Hill               63   306 PM  3/02  Mesonet
   North East              56   405 PM  3/02  DEOS
   Chesapeake City NOS     51   354 PM  3/02  NOS-PORTS

...Queen Anne``s County...
   Bay Bridge Airport      47   655 AM  3/02  AWOS

...Queen Annes County...
   Grasonville             64   417 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Stevensville            52   155 PM  3/02  AWOS

...Talbot County...
   2 E Oxford              54   551 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Easton/newnam Field     48  1250 PM  3/02  AWOS
   Easton Newman Airpor    46   750 AM  3/02  AWOS

NEW JERSEY

...ANZ431...
   Brandywine Shoal NOS    74   830 PM  3/02  64 knots.
   Cape May NOS Buoy       68  1148 AM  3/02  59 knots.

...Atlantic County...
   Atlantic City Intern    61   123 PM  3/02  ASOS

...Burlington County...
   McGuire AFB             51   500 PM  3/02  AWOS
   Moorestown              46   915 PM  3/02  NJWXNET

...Camden County...
   Pennsauken              56   345 PM  3/02  NJWXNET

...Cape May County...
   Dennisville             71   248 PM  3/02  Shingles off home.
   Cape May                71   418 PM  3/02  WXFLOW
   Cape May NOS            68  1148 AM  3/02  NOS-NWLON
   North Wildwood          57  1052 AM  3/02  WeatherFlow
   West Cape May           57   455 PM  3/02  NJWXNET
   Ocean City              55   829 PM  3/02  NONFEDAWOS
   Cape May Point          54   100 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Woodbine                51  1230 PM  3/02  NJWXNET
   Cape May County Airp    51   203 PM  3/02  AWOS
   Sea Isle City           50   600 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Dennis Twp.             47  1100 AM  3/02  NJWXNET

...Cumberland County...
   Fortesque               60  1205 PM  3/02  NJWXNET
   Newport                 54   200 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Millville Municipal     54   404 PM  3/02  ASOS
   Upper Deerfield         46   600 PM  3/02  NJWXNET

...Gloucester County...
   Washington Twp          65   255 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Piney Hollow            59  1024 PM  3/02  NJ-MESONET
   West Deptford           46   330 PM  3/02  NJWXNET

...Hunterdon County...
   Lebanon                 71   600 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Readington              53   620 PM  3/02  NONFEDAWOS
   Clinton                 50  1249 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   White House Station     46   440 PM  3/02  NONFEDAWOS

...Mercer County...
   Lawrenceville           62   500 PM  3/02  Social Media
   Mercer County Airpor    54   420 PM  3/02  ASOS
   Mercerville             49   529 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Hopewell Twp.           48   520 PM  3/02  NJWXNET

...Middlesex County...
   South Plainfield        65   500 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Perth Amboy             55   226 PM  3/02  WXFLOW

...Monmouth County...
   Keyport                 54   600 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Sea Girt                53   805 PM  3/02  NJWXNET
   Port Monmouth           53   259 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Monmouth                47   634 PM  3/02  WXFLOW
   North Middletown        46   235 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Sandy Hook              46   845 PM  3/02  WXFLOW
   Allaire Airport         46   351 PM  3/02  AWOS

...Morris County...
   Morristown              49  1145 AM  3/02  AWOS

...Ocean County...
   Harvey Cedars           62   635 PM  3/02  NJWXNET
   Tuckerton               59   543 PM  3/02  WXFLOW
   Seaside Heights         58   725 PM  3/02  NJWXNET
   Rutgers                 58   247 PM  3/02  WXFLOW
   Mantoloking             55   751 PM  3/02  WXFLOW
   Trixies                 53   828 PM  3/02  WXFLOW
   Barnegat Inlet          52   500 PM  3/02  USGS
   Waretown                51   830 PM  3/02  CWOP

...Somerset County...
   Somerset Airport        49   631 PM  3/02  ASOS

...Sussex County...
   High Point Monument     48  1125 AM  3/02  NJWXNET

PENNSYLVANIA

...Berks County...
   Fleetwood               59   321 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Reading Regional Air    58   238 PM  3/02  ASOS
   Lenhartsville           54   239 PM  3/02  CWOP

...Bucks County...
   Perkasie                51   237 PM  3/02  NONFEDAWOS
   Nockamixon              49   323 PM  3/02  WXFLOW
   Yardley                 48   332 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Newton                  48   455 PM  3/02  CWOP
   Doylestown Airport      47   158 PM  3/02  ASOS

...Chester County...
   West Grove              60   305 PM  3/02  DEOS
   Coatesville             53   355 PM  3/02  AWOS
   Marsh Creek             52   651 PM  3/02  WXFLOW
   4 NW Ladenberg          50  1245 PM  3/02  CWOP

...Delaware County...
   Newtown Square E        56   721 PM  3/02  CWOP

...Lehigh County...
   Lehigh Valley Intl A    60   520 PM  3/02  ASOS
   Queen City              51   635 PM  3/02  AWOS
   4 SE Claussville        46   155 PM  3/02  CWOP

...Monroe County...
   Pocono Mountains Mun    60   130 PM  3/02  ASOS
   Pocono Pines            48   540 PM  3/02  CWOP

...Montgomery County...
   Pottstown Limerick A    46   512 PM  3/02  ASOS

...Northampton County...
   Bushkill Center         60  1152 AM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Cherry Hill             58   800 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Beersville              50   115 PM  3/02  Trained Spotter
   Danielsville            47   213 PM  3/02  CWOP

...Philadelphia County...
   Northeast Philadelph    62   313 PM  3/02  ASOS
   Philadelphia Intl Ai    59  1024 PM  3/02  ASOS

NJFFS History: Wildfire in Oldwick, Hunterdon County (4/6/15)

I am preparing this post on Friday, March 2nd to post on March 5th. Just in case the nor'easter does some damage to the power grid in my area.

Continuing with some recent wildfires in New Jersey, here is a video of a 21-acre wildfire that burned in Oldwick, Hunterdon County NJ on April 6, 2015


Direct link to video on Youtube