I want to start by reminding my readers about the important work that National Weather Service (NWS) Incident Meteorologists (IMETs) do. IMETs are NWS meteorologists that receive special training to go onsite to wildfires to provide weather forecasts for the particular incident they are assigned to. They will do daily briefings and more if necessary. The goal is to keep wildland firefighters and others on site safe from harm from wildfires. IMETs may also be deployed to other disasters such as hurricanes, and flooding. For more information about what IMETs do, please go to Eyes on the Sky: A Day in the Life of an Incident Meteorolgists on the Front LInes of a Fire to read more about what IMETs do and what a typical day is like for an IMET assigned to a fire.. In addition to you may want to go my July 30th post where I shared a 12 minute video from NOAA Boulder .
Direct link to Aug 12th Facebook post by the US National Weather Service IMET where they shared this post on the Dragon Bravo Fire
I have been aware of the Dragon Bravo Wildfire that was first reported on July 4th, caused by lightning. As I write this post on Aug 13th at 2 PM, 144,432 acres have burned and it is 44 percent contained. Evacuations, restrictions and closures remain in effect. I am glad to know that an IMET is assigned to this fire.
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