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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

7/19/2016 NWCC Morning Brief

Date/Time Stamp: Tuesday, Jul 19, 2016, 07:06
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Northwest Activity Summary
In the past 24 hours, cooler and moist conditions region-wide with the exception of SE Oregon. Precipitation was light to moderate and mostly scattered in the geographic area, however, SE Oregon remained warm and dry. Moderate lightning activity in the Washington Cascades, northeast Washington, the Blue Mountains, and central Oregon yesterday.

Preparedness Levels
Current:
Northwest1 (6/15)
National2 (6/6)
Northwest PL Forecast
223
3-day10-day30-day

Northwest Fire Activity
Large Fire Summary
New large fires: 0
Large fires contained: 0
Uncontained large fires: 0 (OR: 0, WA: 0)
New Fires and Acres16 fires for 21 acres
0 acres growth on existing large fires
OR:   11 fires for 19 acres
WA:   5 fires for 2 acres
Northwest IMT Activity
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 0
Type 2 IMTs committed: 0

National Fire Activity
Initial attack activity: 182 new fires
New large incidents: 5
Large fires contained: 5
Uncontained large fires: 8
National IMT Activity
Area Command Teams committed: 0
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 0
Type 2 IMTs committed: 5


Northwest Current Incident Details
Incidents not Previously Reported: 0
Incidents Previously Reported: 0

None currently reported.
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
The chance of showers and thunderstorms lingers into today and tonight for the majority of the region, with SE Oregon remaining warm, dry, and breezy. Look for chance of thunderstorms to return Thursday evening. Initial attack activity will continue with the lightning, but significant fire potential remains low.

National Incident Management Situation Report (IMSR): http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf
Other GACC Morning Reports:
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