Fire Season 2021

[SilverFallsAndrew]

A way to memorialize and discuss the horrific fire season of 2021. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

The Bootleg Fire has now grown to 202,000 acres. 

[HoodCanalBridge]

I’m headed down to the Sisters, OR area as part of one of three WA state task forces being sent today 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

11 minutes ago, HoodCanalBridge said:

I’m headed down to the Sisters, OR area as part of one of three WA state task forces being sent today 

Good luck!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

My buddy took this pic of the Grandview Fire yesterday. He lives on Crooked River Ranch in Central Oregon. 

[TT-SEA]

Bootleg fire looks much less explosive today...

 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

And still just starting out. This season is going to break so many terrible records.

[hawkstwelve]

Definitely less smoke enveloping the West today, thankfully.

[MossMan]

I know someone up in that area that was helping to evacuate horses last evening…The scene sounded horrific and not all could be saved. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

18 minutes ago, MossMan said:

I know someone up in that area that was helping to evacuate horses last evening…The scene sounded horrific and not all could be saved. 

What a tragedy. When we evacuated last year we left most of our animals. Just opened all the gates and hoped for the best. They enjoyed eating the garden while we were gone. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

New fire has exploded to 100 acres near LaPine. 

[MossMan]

9 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

New fire has exploded to 100 acres near LaPine. 

Isn’t there a forum member that lives in LaPine? Or am I thinking of CulverJosh and his 17 aliases?  

[Front Ranger]

1 hour ago, hawkstwelve said:

Definitely less smoke enveloping the West today, thankfully.

It's about as bad as it's been so far here.

Not as bad as last August, though.

[BLI snowman]

2 minutes ago, MossMan said:

Isn’t there a forum member that lives in LaPine? Or am I thinking of CulverJosh and his 17 aliases?  

LaPine Lurker, aka Brook from Brookings, aka ITBurnsOregon, aka Culver Josh

[Kayla]

Smoke hasn't been too bad here the last couple of days due to the weak system front that moved through.

AQ has been hovering around the 50's so things are staying elevated for the time being.

[ShawniganLake]

Too many plumes to count going up in southern BC this afternoon. Many are overlapping.  Probably 1 windy afternoon away from being in a province wide state of emergency. 
 

 

[Omegaraptor]

Darlene Fire on the Deschutes/Klamath line in SE La Pine now 600 acres. Level 2 evacuation orders in the area. Just learned about it, hopefully they can contain it quick.

[TT-SEA]

Western WA gets smoke from Siberia in this pattern... 

[TacomaWaWx]

1 hour ago, ShawniganLake said:

Too many plumes to count going up in southern BC this afternoon. Many are overlapping.  Probably 1 windy afternoon away from being in a province wide state of emergency. 
 

 

Yeah I’ve been watching the satellite imagery closely for awhile now across the west. Very alarming just how many fires are everywhere and so early in the season. 

[TacomaWaWx]

Really noticed how those fires in northern WA took off today. The fire in Nespelem destroyed 7 homes (4 vacant). Sounds like they lost a lot of livestock as well. Latest info I can find is 10,000 acres. 

[CasuallyFoxy]

Looks like a fire has popped up along Highway 6 east of Tillamook, already has a pretty strong signal on infared :c 

[MossMan]

The In-Laws took this pic today while at their RV camp site near Bend. They have been slowly making their way up to us from Arizona. Luckily the wind was blowing it away from them. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Bruler Fire is at about 100 acres now. Didn't seem super active today fortunately. 

 

[TacomaWaWx]

Really unfortunate that our cooler weather coming up will bring windy conditions to eastern WA/OR tomorrow and Thursday.

[TT-SEA]

2 minutes ago, TacomaWaWx said:

Really unfortunate that our cooler weather coming up will bring windy conditions to eastern WA/OR tomorrow and Thursday.

Almost always the case with troughing... its a no win situation when it gets to this point.   Troughing can actually make things much, much worse.    See Labor Day 2020. 

[TacomaWaWx]

3 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Almost always the case with troughing... its a no win situation when it gets to this point.   Troughing can actually make things much, much worse.    See Labor Day 2020. 

Yeah I guess I’m just thankful we’re not dealing with the smoke for now. Next 2 days could be pretty destructive in eastern WA/OR though hopefully not too many homes or structures are lost. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

26 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Almost always the case with troughing... its a no win situation when it gets to this point.   Troughing can actually make things much, much worse.    See Labor Day 2020. 

We had a very warm airmass over us with that, the trough went way east. This is a completely different situation and you know that. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Darlene Fire near Lapine up to 700 acres. They have six dozer crews working on it right now, feeling cautiously optimistic on this one. 

[TT-SEA]

6 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

We had a very warm airmass over us with that, the trough went way east. This is a completely different situation and you know that. 

Not the point.   Obviously this is completely different... the trough is staying offshore.   This will not result in offshore flow or any additional issues on the west side.  

But troughing almost always brings windy conditions east of the Cascades with onshore flow.    And that could be very problematic the next few days.

[Timmy Supercell]

Saved from the last few evenings.

[smerfylicious]

Sky Valley Fire is mobilized for some fire fighting in Wenatchee

[Cloud]

Fires and smoke imagery up and down the west coast. Have to say VERY fortunate regions west of the Cascades have been spared so far. We’ll have to see how long this will last.

[smerfylicious]

Guess the one in Wenatchee is being called the "Red Apple Fire". Catchy name. Really spreading now. 

 

 

[Cloud]

Red Apple Fire in Chelan County:

- started before 7pm on July 13

-Level 3 evac

-230+ homes and orchards threatened

-1000 acres and rapidly growing

what’s most concerning is how fast this fire is spreading. I suspect the current level 3 map shown below will expand by morning. 

[Jesse]

7 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

We had a very warm airmass over us with that, the trough went way east. This is a completely different situation and you know that. 

One scenario that could really help the region out is what some people here live in absolute fear and dread of. A summer trough parking itself directly over the PNW for 3-4+ days with stratiform rain and drizzle at times.

The problem is baking under ridging and warm anomalies for months/weeks then getting these glancing blows from weak troughs that aren’t even able to fully move through the region. Just enough to stir things up without any of the benefits.

[Tyler Mode]

15 hours ago, hawkstwelve said:

Definitely less smoke enveloping the West today, thankfully.

Whats the link to this sat image?

[hawkstwelve]

23 minutes ago, Tyler Mode said:

Whats the link to this sat image?

https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=regional-w_northwest-truecolor-24-0-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined

[TacomaWaWx]

[TacomaWaWx]

Today could be an ugly one east of the cascades. 

[smerfylicious]

Red Apple Fire over 3,000 acres now. 20-30mph winds in Wenatchee really helping to grow it.

[Tyler Mode]

46 minutes ago, hawkstwelve said:

https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=regional-w_northwest-truecolor-24-0-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined

Thank you!!

[TacomaWaWx]

Bootleg fire up to 212,000 acres this morning. Only grew about 10,000 acres yesterday but the potential for fire growth is higher today though. Red flag warnings over eastern WA/OR. 

[TT-SEA]

35 minutes ago, smerfylicious said:

Red Apple Fire over 3,000 acres now. 20-30mph winds in Wenatchee really helping to grow it.

Deepening marine layer on this side of the mountains means onshore flow is ramping up... that fire is going to be very active for the next couple of days.

[TacomaWaWx]

Fire north of banks lake is 15,000 acres this morning. North cascades highway fire is 1,000 acres. Dry gulch fire near walla walla is 63,000 acres but at 20% containment. 

[ShawniganLake]

There are at least 19 fires in BC with evacuation alerts and/or orders attributed to them. 

[ShawniganLake]

Current statistics for the bc fire season to date. 432,000 acres burned by 1042 fires. 

[Timmy Supercell]

Someone near Bly shared these, Bootleg aftermath photos. Not a good season to be a in a very rural setting. 

[TacomaWaWx]

Bootleg fire is starting to emit more smoke. Breezy and warm east of the crest. 

[Front Ranger]

Smokiest day yet here. Sun has been obscured all day, and palpable smoke smell in the air.

[ShawniganLake]

Our cabin up in the Cariboo is being threatened by fire.  About 1000 properties just to our west have had a tactical evacuation this morning.  Aggressive fire behaviour with ground crews being pulled off the fire with only air attack being implemented at last report.