Northwest Interagency Coordination Center: 5/17/2019 NWCC Morning Brief

Morning Brief
Date/Time Stamp: Friday, May 17, 2019, 08:06

Report will post weekly on Fridays, unless significant activity occurs

Northwest Activity Summary

A cooling trend accompanied by light to moderate precipitation coverage with lighter winds came across the Region this week. Precipitation initially eased over the Cascades and into the Blue Mountains with moderate coverage. Later, moderate to heavy showers occurred region-wide. Traces of lightning popped up in Eastern Oregon early in the week. Later, moderate lightning coverage went across the region from SW Oregon up into NE Washington. Cloudy to partly cloudy skies daily. Initial attack activity was light. No large fires were reported. Prescribed fire activity continued in heavy activity fuels.

Preparedness LevelsNorthwest PL

Current	3-Day	10-Day	30-Day
1 (1/1)	1	1	1

National PL

1 (1/1)

Northwest Incident Activity
New Fires and Acres (5/10 – 5/16)47 fires for 93 acres
OR: 19 fires for 29 acres
WA: 28 fires for 64 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 (5/10 – 5/16)
Initial attack activity: Light (504) new fires
New large incidents: 2

Large fires contained: 3

Uncontained large fires: 1

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

Nationally, there is 1 large fire being managed under a strategy other than full suppression.

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

Northwest Fire Weather Summary

The pattern of periodic rain showers will persist region-wide at least until mid-week. After that, numerical weather prediction models diverge, with some models favoring a warming trend for the latter part of next week, but others continuing the cool, wet weather. Breezy westerly winds will pick up through the Columbia Gorge today, but drop back down by tomorrow morning. Sunday could bring some more wet thunderstorms to the region.

Northwest Fire Potential Summary

Fire danger indices have dropped to more seasonable levels due to the extended period of cool, moist weather. As such, the risk for significant fires will remain low through the next week. Erratic winds around passing storms systems could impact prescribed burning operations, so units should review spot forecasts for potential issues.

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

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

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