Northwest Interagency Coordination Center: 5/22/2020 NWCC Morning Brief

Date/Time Stamp: Friday, May 22, 2020, 07:58

Report will post daily during the week (Monday – Friday), unless significant activity occurs.

Northwest Activity Summary

Eastern Washington and Oregon mountains and high desert continued to receive light levels of moisture yesterday. On the west side of the Cascades intermittent coverage continued. Cooler and cloudy conditions for the whole Pacific Northwest with breezy areas in Central Washington and the Gorge characterized the day. Initial attack activity was light.

Northwest IMT Rotation (5/19 - 5/26) For additional IMT information refer to the IMT Status/Rotation page
NW Area Type 1	NW Area Type 2
PNW Team 2 - Allen	NW Team 13 - Gales
PNW Team 3 - Livingston	NW Team 10 - Lawson
	NW Team 7 - Knerr

Preparedness Levels Northwest PL

Current	3-Day	10-Day	30-Day
2 (3/25)	1	1	1

National PL

1 (1/1)

Northwest Incident Activity
New Fires and Acres6 fires for 90 acres
OR: 2 fires for 0 acres

WA: 4 fires for 90 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 posts daily Monday - Friday

Initial attack activity: Light (94 new fires)
New large incidents: 1

Large fires contained: 2

Uncontained large fires: 8

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

Nationally, there is 1 large fires 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

Showers will decrease through the day today leaving a few residual showers over the Northern Cascades and northeastern Washington overnight into tomorrow morning. Breezy westerly winds are expected east of the Cascades again this afternoon/evening. The Pacific Northwest will be mostly dry Saturday into Sunday. A disturbance will brush by late in the holiday weekend, bringing a chance for showers mainly for higher elevations in northern Washington. Building upper level high pressure will warm and dry the region through next week. Check NWS forecasts for details in your locality.

Northwest Fire Potential Summary

While significant fire potential should stay at or below seasonal normal through the forecast period, the warming and drying trend will allow increasing fire behavior as we move through the week.

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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