Posted on 09/06/2020 3:47:50 PM PDT by dynachrome
A large wildfire continued to grow Thursday in the wilderness west of Fort Collins. It has been burning since Aug. 13. The Cameron Peak Fire, as it has been named, has forced the evacuations of several nearby campgrounds and communities. Click here for updates from the US Fire Service.
UPDATE (Sept. 6, 3:36 p.m.): The fire moved south into the remote northern part of Rocky Mountain National Park late yesterday. Because of Red Flag Warnings, critical fire weather conditions and active fire behavior on the Cameron Peak Fire, Trail Ridge Road in RMNP will close at 3 pm today due to the potential of heavy smoke on the road and low visibility. Closures on Trail Ridge Road will be at Forest Canyon Overlook on the east side and Colorado River Trailhead on the west side.
(Excerpt) Read more at kdvr.com ...
ping. Windy here, too.
getting steadily worse this afternoon on the southeast denver metro
Thanks for the info and post.
absolutely brutal where i live ... given my heart condition and lung condition, i’m seriously thinking of renting a hotel room somewhere south where the smoke isn’t so terrible ... waiting to see if the predicted snow and rain improve the fire conditions ... supposed to be a foot of snow in the mountains monday night though wednesday morning.
here’s several excellent links of articles, GOES-16 sat videos of the plume and a map showing the smoke envelopment on the northern part of the front range:
GOES-16 sat video:
smoke map:
https://fire.airnow.gov/?lat=40.1970455&lng=-105.1864356&zoom=10
articles:
state smoke air quality information:
https://www.colorado.gov/airquality/addendum.aspx#smoke
loveland newspaper article:
https://www.reporterherald.com/2020/09/06/cameron-peak-fire-grows-to-34289-acres/
“Air quality very poor where I am at. “
My car is covered here in Longmont.
I have distant family In Fort Collins.....is te fire a threat there?
How far from Boulder is this?
Not far enough? (what did I win?)
Thanks for the links they are excellent.
Our kids and grandkids live in Ft. Collins.
Snowing ashes in Longmont. Another not-at-all-apocalyptic day in 2020, no siree.
Fire is north of Rocky Mountain National park, quite a ways from Boulder and Ft. Collins. Red Feather Lakes is in the evacuation zone. Smoke is the real problem at the moment. Fire is relatively remote.
Perimeter map of the fire:
https://nifc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=821eb2bac47c48c69558075f21365f01
I hope that rain and snow comes soon. I am very sorry that you are going through this. Your links are really helpful. Take good care.
That is so sad. Longmont is a beautiful area.
The whole front range down to the Tech Center is hazy from the smoke. Ash in the air the closer you are to the fire.
The whole front range down to the Tech Center is hazy from the smoke. Ash in the air the closer you are to the fire.
Westminster/Broomfield is so grey it almost looks like the onset of a snowstorm!
Yeah here also in Eastern Utah. Take a look at this -
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G17§or=psw&band=GEOCOLOR&length=24
Yikes! kali-fornia is still burning strong.
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