I have been writing about the extreme and dangerous fire weather in California on
October 25th and
October 28th. Extreme fire dangers continues in portions of California today. Before I get to that, according to the latest update, the
Kincaid Fire has burned 75,415 acres with 15 percent containment. One hundred twenty-four structures have been destroyed, 23 structures have been damaged and there are two injuries. At the time I am writing this, the
Getty Fire has burned 656 acres with 5 percent containment. Thousands of people remain under mandatory evacuation orders for both fires. 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. Bill has also written about the dangerous fire weather in California
here and
here.
As you can see from the map below, Red Flag Warnings are in place over portions of California and portions of Arizona. I believe that the Red Flag Warnings in northeastern Arizona are in place from 12 noon through 6PM MDT today. Red Flag Warnings with extreme fire danger conditions including high winds (offshore) are in place in California from today (October 29th) through Thursday (October 31st), the exact timing varies by National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Forecast Office.
Graphics illustrating the extreme fire danger (aka Weather Story), where available, from individual NWS Weather Forecast Offices are shared below. Not included below is that the
NWS Medford OR Weather Forecast Office has Red Flag Warnings for their forecast area (northern California) through Wednesday, October 30th.
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