Timber (Litter and Understory)

Timber (Grass and Understory)

Brush (2 feet)

Fuel moistures are historically low, ERCs and BI are in the 97-99%

Active

Group Torching

Short Crown Runs

Short-range Spotting

Fire remained very active overnight with warm temperatures, poor RH recoveries, and strong overnight winds fueling fire behavior.

Construct direct

and indirect line to secure fire perimeter.

Structure Prep along the East Shore.

Unable to staff contingency lines due to all resources committed to Fire Front Following, providing structure defense in surrounding impacted communities.

Provide structure defense in communities at risk: Chester, Hwy 36 corridor, Hwy 89 Corridor, Paxton, Greenville, Jonesville, Crescent Mills, Taylorsville, Prattville, Canyondam, Butte Meadows, Bucks Lake, Meadows Valley, Rush Creek, Warner Valley, Pecks Valley,

Williams Valley, Hunt

Canyon, and Greater Almanor area.

Continue tactical patrol in the communities impacted by fire.

12 hours: Fire continues to move towards control lines burning unburned interior islands and ridges. Steep

terrain, heavy fuel loading, and wind in alignment with canyons is making control difficult. On West Zone fire is actively burning in division L after spotting across the control line. Its currently impacting structures along the Hwy 36, 89 corridors, West Lake Almanor Area, and impacting surrounding areas. Fire is impacting East shore Almanor, The Peninsula, and Westwood. The mill in Chester is currently threatened. On the East Zone: The start of the Night shift will realize the Red Flag conditions from the

Day Operational period for several hours. Expect the fire to remain active through the morning hours. The valleys will see RH recovery up to 65%. There may be potential for crews to make headway on building containment lines.

Fire has entered Lassen National Park and is expected to continue burning north through the park.

California Interagency Incident Management Team 4 (CIIMT 4) is in command of the East Zone.

State DPA: 33487

Federal DPA: 399326

EAST ZONE:

Overnight and this morning, weak northeast winds developed over the fire with gusts up to 12 MPH in some areas. Overnight relative humidity recovery was moderate with most areas recovering to the 40-55% range.

For today, drift smoke from fire to the north will impact the area. Warmer temperatures are expected today, but depending on the amount of smoke, the warming trend could be muted. Relative humidity will remain

dry with minimum values falling to the 10-15% range. Weak northeasterly winds this morning will shift to the southwest by the

afternoon with gusts

in the 15-25 MPH range.

WEST ZONE:

Shifting winds associated with a dry cold front challenged containment lines on Thursday. Winds will turn light northeast overnight. This will

bring smoke from the Dixie and other fires across the state over the Dixie

fire burn area on Friday. Smoke and the conditions behind the front will

bring slightly cooler temperatures and higher humidity for Friday. A seasonable weather pattern will set up through the weekend with smoke being the biggest weather factor that will impact fire behavior in the coming days.

Observed Weather Conditions: Smoke with plume dominated fire. Otherwise sunny.

Wind Speed / Max. Gust West 8-12 mph gusts 22 mph

Temp 75 to 85.

Direction Southwest

RH 9-18%

Forecasted Weather for Thursday Operational Period: Smoke Wind Speed / Max. Gust 5-10 mph gusts 15 mph.

Temp 75-85

Directions: Northeast morning hours then southwest afternoon.

RH 15-25%