Windigo Fire

Closed Timber Litter

Timber (Litter and Understory)

Medium Logging Slash

Narrative:

Fuels range from open hemlock stands in upper elevations to mixed conifer stands with brush, understory and slash. Timber reproduction stands are scattered throughout the general area, as are previous fire scars.

Minimal

Creeping

Smoldering

Strong dry east winds. Continued consumption of unburned interior islands. Low intensity creeping in duff and jackpots of heavy fuels.

Patrol control lines and continue suppression repair on forest road 60.

Critical repair work to hold continues as the fires transition to the Type 3 organization. Current crews will time out while another crew has been extended to try to support this incoming organization.

12 hours: Poor humidity recovery overnight will allow continued smoldering through the night.

24 hours: High winds and low humidities will highlight smokes that have not been found. Interior heat will continue to consume heavy fuels and duff.

48 hours: Moderate fire behavior with interior smoldering.

72 hours: Minimal smoldering expected. No movement outside of containment lines expected.

Anticipated after 72 hours: Minimal smoldering expected. No movement outside of containment lines expected.

Ridgetop and gap winds increases to 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph overnight, while relative humidities remained around 20%. Cinnamon and Emigrant RAWS gusted up to 20 mph overnight, with much lighter winds in the deeper/protected valleys. Today winds have continued to increase across the aligned midslope valleys and ridgetop/gaps with localized gusts in the 20 to 30 mph range. Cinnamon has gusted to 28 mph and Emigrant to 27 mph, while relative humidity values have fallen into the single digits and lower teens. Temperatures are warming quickly into the 80s under mostly sunny skies this afternoon.

A Red Flag Warning continues until 10 AM Saturday for breezy east winds and critically low relative humidites, including very poor recoveries. Breezy ridgetop and gap winds will prevail overnight, but quickly decrease on by Saturday afternoon. Localized gusts 20 to 30 mph are possible, but winds decrease to 10 to 15 mph by evening, with much lighter winds in protected valleys. Much above normal temperatures continue with readings in the upper 80s to mid 90s. Very poor relative humidities are expected overnight and critically low again on Saturday, with moderately unstable conditions. Cooler temperatures, lighter terrain driven winds, and intervals of clouds are expected for Sunday into early next week, along with higher relative humidity values.