The blaze destroyed two structures and threatened hundreds more. In the same county, the Mountain Fire grew to cover 4,812 acres.įarther south, the Route Fire in Los Angeles County was at 5,208 acres Saturday evening with 87% containment, according to an update from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The Mill Fire in Siskiyou County burned an estimated 4,254 acres as of Saturday evening and had destroyed 50 structures. “Over the last several days, we’ve definitely seen a steady increase in the number and the size of wildfires burning throughout California,” Chief Deputy Director of Cal Fire Chris Anthony said during the Saturday news conference. Moderate rain Saturday, temperatures as high as 24C75F, low temperature around 21C70F, chance of rain 75, wind out of the ESE 14 km/h9 mph. Two Northern California wildfires that broke out Friday quickly grew, both forcing evacuations. Current condition and temperature - Santa Monica, CA Wind: 4mph SSW Humidity: 87 Dewpoint: 70F Pressure: 29.85Hg Precipitation: 0 Visibility: 9mi UV. #CedarCreekFire #BoulderMountainFire #EneasPeakFire #RussellMountainFire #wawx #idwx #orwx /Sou7UEiySn- NWS Spokane September 2, 2022 Red flag warnings start at 12 PM PDT today. Multiple regional and local wildfires are causing degraded air quality. The National Weather Service in Spokane, Washington, said regional and local wildfires are degrading air quality.Ī picture is worth a thousand words, but a gif is worth much more. Parts of Northern California, southeast Oregon, northwestern Nevada and southwestern Idaho are under critical fire weather, according to NOAA. Scorching temperatures across the region, coupled with low relative humidity, also means increased wildfire risk.
Power provider NV Energy, which serves more than 1.5 million homes and businesses throughout Nevada, has also been asking residents to cut back on their electricity use to avoid straining the power grid between the hours of 5 p.m. “That response can be the difference between the light staying on or not,” Mainzer said.
He stressed that residents’ compliance with the alert is critical to ensuring there are no blackouts. “Those last few days are likely to be a dress rehearsal for what’s going to be a much more significantly stressed set of conditions here,” said Mainzer. Record heat and flooding: What to expect for Labor Day weekend weather across the USĭuring the past three days, the power operator received the highest demand for power it has seen since September 2017, Elliot Mainzer, president and chief executive officer of the California Independent System Operator, said during the news briefing Saturday.
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