12/7/2018 NWCC Morning Brief

Morning Brief

Date/Time Stamp: Friday, Dec 07, 2018, 08:00

Report will post weekly on Fridays, unless significant activity occurs

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Northwest Activity Summary

This past week all areas received light precipitation.  Temperatures dropped to average while partly cloudy skies prevailed over the region in the evenings. Initial attack was minimal. Prescribed burning was widespread as conditions allowed. Initial attack activity was light.

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Preparedness LevelsNorthwest PL Current 3-Day 10-Day 30-Day 1 (10/2) 1 1 1

National PL 1 (10/4)

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Northwest Incident Activity 
New Fires and Acres (11/30 – 12/6)1 fire for 1/10 acre
OR: 0 fires for 0 acres
WA: 1 fire for 1/10 acres

Large Fire Summary
New large incidents: 0
Reported incidents: 0 (OR: 0 WA: 0) No growth on existing incidents

Northwest IMT Activity

NIMOs Committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 0
Type 2 IMTs committed: 0
National Fire Activity

IMSR Reports weekly on Fri (11/30 – 12/6)
Initial attack activity: Light (109) new fires
New large incidents: 2

Large fires contained: 2

Uncontained large fires: 0

National IMT Activity
Area Command Teams: 0
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 0
Type 2 IMTs committed: 0

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Northwest Current Incident Details

Incidents listed below meet large fire criteria and/or incidents with a Type 1 or 2 IMT assigned. Large incidents are defined as fires which are 100+ acres in timber or 300+ acres in grass/brush. For additional information on incidents no longer listed below please refer to the NW Large Incident Summary or Northwest Fires Utilizing Monitor, Confine, Point Zone Protection Suppression Strategies (YTD)

Incidents not Previously Reported: 0

Incidents Previously Reported: 0

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Northwest Fire Weather Summary

Strong temperature inversions will be in place across the West through the weekend as a ridge of high pressure drifts east toward to Continental Divide as another moderately strong weather system begins to move on shore into the Pacific Northwest Sunday bringing snow to the Cascades.

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Northwest Fire Potential Summary

With substantial precipitation coming to Oregon and western Washington, the potential for new significant fires will remain minimal across the region through the weekend.

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

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National Incident Management Situation Report (IMSR): https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf

Other GACC Morning Reports:

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Rocky Mountain

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