Morning Brief

Date/Time Stamp: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 - 0645 hrs.

Activity Summary

In the Northwest:

Due to a FAMWEB outage, some information is unavailable today. No lightning or precipitation occurred. Light IA activity. No growth on existing large fires.

Preparedness Levels

Current:

Northwest	2 (no change)
National	2 (no change)

Northwest PL Forecast:

2	2	1
3-day	10-day	30-day

Northwest Fire Activity

Large Fire Summary

New large fires: 0

Large fires contained: 0

Uncontained large fires: 1 (OR: 0, WA: 1)

New Fires and Acres: 3 fires for 0 acres
(0 acres growth on existing large fires)
OR: 1 fire for 0 acres
WA: 2 fires for 0 acres

Northwest IMT Activity

NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 0
Type 2 IMTs committed: 0

National Fire Activity (Unavailable)

Initial attack activity:
New large incidents:
Large fires contained:
Uncontained large fires:

National IMT Activity (Unavailable)

Area Command Teams committed:
NIMOs committed:
Type 1 IMTs committed:
Type 2 IMTs committed:

Current Incident Details

Incidents not Previously-Reported: 0

Incidents Previously-Reported: 1

North Star WA-COA-000157. IMT3. 5 miles E of Omak, WA. Start 8/13. Full Suppression. Timber. Cause: Human. 218,138 acres (+0). 95% containment. Minimal fire behavior. Patrol and suppression repair ongoing.

NW Fires Utilizing Monitor, Confine, Point Zone Protection Suppression Strategies (YTD) (link)

Lists fires (of any size) that singly utilize Monitor, Confine, or Point Zone Protection suppression strategies, or use Multiple Suppression Strategies (which may also include a Full Suppression component).

Northwest Fire Potential Summary:

A weak upper trough will approach the coast later today. The main effect of this will be to increase onshore flow today and Thursday with cooler marine air west of the Cascades. There will be a chance for some showers in Eastern Oregon as the trough moves eastward on Thursday. Latest weather models appear to be backing off on strong ridge for the weekend and instead want to bring another weather system down from the north which would result in cooler weather and likelihood for showers east of the Cascades.

More info, see NW 7-Day Significant Fire Potential Forecast, and National 7-Day Significant Fire Potential Forecast