2019 wildfire season: California Wildfires Oct 28th update

Last Friday, October 25th, I wrote about the Red Flag Warnings and High Wind Warnings that many areas in California were experiencing that day and continued into this morning in northern California.

For all wildland firefighters on the ground and in the air, I thank-you and I am thinking of you, stay safe. For all the meteorologists in National Weather Service Weather Forecasts Offices that saw Red Flag and High Wind Warnings this weekend and will see these dangerous fire weather conditions later this week, I know that you have been working hard to provide those in your forecast area the best possible forecasts because you want them to be as safe as possible.

Northern California will see a short reprieve from offshore high winds today into tomorrow before high winds and red flag conditions return tomorrow. I'll got to those warnings in a minute.

But first, I want to follow-up on two wildfires I wrote about on October 25th as well as two  new fires in California. The Tick Fire has burned 4,615 acres in Los Angeles County and is currently at 70 percent containment, 22 structures were destroyed and another 27 were damaged.

The Kincaid Fire has more than doubled in size since Friday because of the high winds experienced in the fire area over the weekend and into this morning. As I write this, 66,213 acres have burned and the fire is only at 5 percent containment, 96 structures have been destroyed and 16 structures have been damaged. Thousands of people are under mandatory evacuation orders.  In the video below you will hear about mandatory evacuation orders affecting Windsor California.  Other towns are under mandatory evacuation orders, see the October 28th incident update from CAL Fire more information. US National Weather Service San Francisco Area/Monterey Bay California IMET has been deployed to the Kincaid Fire. IMETs save lives!


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I learned about two new fires that started in California on Sunday, October 27th.

The Getty Fire is burning in Los Angeles. As I write this 618 acres have burned and evacuation orders are in place. US National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard IMET has been deployed to the Getty Fire. IMETs save lives!


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The Glencove Fire is burning in Vallejo (Salano County, in the San Francisco Bay Area). I-80 was shut down for awhile.


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Bill Gabbert of Wildfire Today has been doing a great job covering these fires, including the Kinkaid, Getty, and the Glen Cove and other fires in northern California.

Red Flag and High Wind Warnings return for portions of California Tuesday October 29th into Thursday October 31st.

Obtained on October 28, 2019 from https://www.weather.gov/sto/

Obtained on October 28, 2019 from http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/sgx/

Obtained on October 28, 2019 from https://www.weather.gov/lox/

Obtained on October 28, 2019 from http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/psr/