The three on board sustained moderate injuries
Continue readingRain from tropical storm Kay slows spread of Southern California fires
Precipitation, vicinity of Fairview Fire, 24 hours ending 5 a.m. Sept. 10, 2022Rain that began falling at about 1 p.m. Friday slowed the spread of the Fairview and Radford Fires in Southern California. By 5 a.m. Saturday weather stations near the fires had recorded amounts ranging from 0.05″ to 0.28″. Much higher amounts were found at a few locations in the mountains east of the Fairview Fire.
The precipitation is expected to continue into Sunday morning.
Precipitation, vicinity of Radford Fire, 24 hours ending 5 a.m. Sept. 10, 2022
Fairview Fire map Sept. 10, 2022There was a concern that very strong winds generated by tropical storm Kay would cause problems at the fires, but those did not materialize, at least not by 5 a.m. Saturday.
Precipitation, Southern California, 24 hours ending 5 a.m. Sept. 10, 2022As of 5 a.m. the rain had occurred as far north as Santa Barbara and Edwards Air Force Base. It did not affect the rapidly growing Mosquito Fire 27 miles west of Lake Tahoe, CA.
Meanwhile, Red Flag Warnings are in effect Saturday for the northwest corner of California and the west sides of Washington and Oregon.
Red Flag Warnings September 10, 2022The forecast for vertically integrated wildfire smoke predicts impacts in most of the Western States Saturday afternoon.
Forecast for smoke at 1 p.m. MDT Sept. 10, 2022. NOAAFairview Fire grows to the south and east
In Southern California near Hemet
Continue readingFairview Fire: two dead, thousands of acres burned south of Hemet, California
The fire started at around the same time the power company reported “circuit activity”
Continue readingVideos of the first 5 hours of the Fairview Fire in Nevada
Above: Screen grab from the NVSeismoLab video.
The cameras operated by the Nevada Seismological Laboratory detected and recorded the ignition and spread of a wildfire near Fairview Peak south of U.S. 50 between Fallon and Austin in western Nevada. Below we have the time-lapse videos, each compressing about one hour to one minute.
According to KOLOTV the Fairview Fire burned at least 50 acres of Fallon Naval Air Station land.
Below the descriptions (provided by nvseismolab) are the applicable videos.
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Although the fire starts at 12:50 PM, it begins in earnest around 1 PM … First fire discovery for 2017! Starting to pick up speed by hour’s end.
Although early in the season, the fire still manages to expand and move uphill in plain sight of the Fairview Fire Camera. Time lapse covers from 2 PM to 3 PM.
Fairview Fire continues to grows as air resources begin to drop water on the fire …
4th hour time lapse of the Fairview Fire as more helicopter delivered buckets hit the flames.
This one hour long time lapse video starting at 8 PM shows continued wildfire activity. Near-IR filter is turned on 42 seconds (8:42 PM) …