Day: August 15, 2020

Fire at Lake Nacimiento

5 pm. I think the fire at Lake Naci is under control or out. The only continued one seems to be the one at Old Creek, now called the Whale Fire, which is 120 acres. Ordering aircraft for tomorrow. There are several others listed on chp in the Nipomo area.

There is still a chance of lightning strikes for tonight through tomorrow am, so keep your eyes peeled.

11:47 — not good, not good at all. Another fire as the lightning strikes head north:

11:44 AM9[27] A8-045 FIRE OUT BY PARIS VALLEY
11:41 AM8[8] FIRE IN THE AREA GOIG 1097
11:41 AM7[7] 45 1097 / 2 FIRES
11:40 AM6[6] TOT FIRE
11:40 AM5[4] [Appended, 11:40:36] [2] AT THE RHS / UNKWN ORIG
11:40 AM4[15] [Appended, 11:41:55] [6] TRANS CAL FIRE
11:40 AM3[1] GRASS FIRE
11:40 AM2[13] [Appended, 11:41:55] [3] TRANS TO CAL FIRE MONT
11:39 AM1[10] [Appended, 11:41:55] [1] GRASS FIRE ON RS
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11:32 AM9[24] 2 FIRES – ONE NEAR ROAD , ANOTHER FARTHER BACK
11:32 AM8[23] TRANS CALFIRE
11:29 AM7[15] TRANS CALFIRE MONT
11:29 AM6[18] [Appended, 11:30:57] [1] SEES FIRE
11:28 AM5[14] TRANS MONT COM
11:28 AM4[13] GRASS FIRE
11:26 AM3[8] [Appended, 11:26:41] [1] SEES FIRE AND SMOKE
11:25 AM2[6] TRANS MONT COM
11:19 AM1[1] LIGHTNING BOLT HIT A TREE AND N

11:26 — Just 18 mins ago, a lightning bolt hit a tree in Nacimiento, and now there is a fire. We did not hear any thunder up here, or see any lightning.

Major Fire Weather Threat

From Daniel Swain, Weather West: “Well, this is some terrible timing: on top of continued record heat today and beyond, risk of thunderstorms with dry lightning also rising. High-res models depicting pretty widespread elevated convection central and northern California. Major fire weather threat… “