Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services Issues an Advisory to Willow Creek Area After Multiple Fires
Advisory for the zones marked in blue above.
Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services tweeted,
ADVISORY: Due to #wildfire activity, the @HumCoSO is issuing an ADVISORY for the Willow Creek area. There are no evacuation orders or warnings at this time. Please open locked gates for fire personnel access and be ready to go at a moment’s notice. tinyurl.com/5d2eyd4e
More information will follow via Humboldt Alert IF an Evacuation Warning or Order is issued.
The following zones in the Willow Creek area have been issued the advisory: HUM-E031, HUM-E032, HUM-E054, HUM-E055, HUM-E056, HUM-E057, HUM-E058, HUM-E059, HUM-E060, HUM-E061, HUM-E062, HUM-E063, HUM-E064
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Seems like this storm popped up out of nowhere. Usually NWS issues warnings for these things..
I saw the northern most fire on Watch Duty last night around dusk. Winds here are driving out of the south at 3 its and gusting to 9.
The good news is the fires appear to be in CalFire territory so someone will actually work to put them out.
The good news is the fires appear to be in CalFire territory so someone will actually work to put them out.
Best news!
Good luck out there!
You noticed that too.
fire related/created weather.
That’s what I was thinking…
Less predictable…
Here is a good link that explains it…
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/how-destructive-wildfires-create-their-own-weather/346337
Wildfires cause…
Pyrocumulus clouds…
Pyrocumolonimbus clouds…
Wildfires can create their own thunderstorms, according to AccuWeather Meteorologist Jordan Root.
“The hot air generated by a wildfire will rise and create an updraft. As the air rises, moisture will cool and condense into tiny water droplets on the ash creating a cloud,” Root said.
Clouds created by wildfire are called pyrocumulus, which means “fire cloud.”
If the fire is big enough it will create pyrocumulonimbus, which means “fire storm cloud.”
“While they can bring rain which can help in fighting the fire, they also can bring dry lightning which can start new fires,” Root said”…
There must have been some fair growth- good amount of smoke filling W trinity.
The fires have grown since I drove over to the coast this morning around nine, and returned around five. One fire appears to be coming over the lower end of Waterman ridge, possibly towards the golf course. Another got hit with heavy fire retardent across from Campora, but seems to have spread out some. An area up the South Fork Trinity watershed looks large from highway 299, but is several miles away.
Keep in mind the areas north or northeast of Willow Creek were not burned last year. With the downed wood from last winter’s Christmas storm there could be some very serious fire behaviour moving towards Willow Creek and outlying areas.