Other fire hotspots today are Montana, with the Bundy Railroad fire and active fires in Utah and Nevada.
News updated as I find it and can post it.
Let me know if you want on the Wildland fire ping!
Yesterday's thread, which has a lot of information about the Sawtooth Complex fire is at:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1664359/posts
Red Flag Warning issued by the National Weather Service until 6:00 pm tomorrow. Smoke column from the Sawtooth Complex fire very visible from where I live in Lake Arrowhead, 40 miles away. Prayers for those in the fire's path....
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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
330 PM PDT THU JUL 13 2006
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITIES
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY...
...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE WEEK ACROSS
INTERIOR SECTIONS...
.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN
UNITED STATES WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
THIS COMBINED WITH WEAKENING ONSHORE FLOW NEAR THE SURFACE WILL BRING
RELENTLESS HEAT TO INLAND PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
THE PEAK OF THE HEAT WAVE IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY...WHERE THE HOTTEST
VALLEY...MOUNTAIN...AND DESERT LOCATIONS COULD SOAR TO BETWEEN 105 AND
110 DEGREES. THE AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO BE QUITE DRY ACROSS THE DISTRICT
WITH WIDESPREAD HUMIDITIES ACROSS INLAND AREAS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS
THROUGH FRIDAY. THE LOWEST HUMIDITY READINGS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR ACROSS
THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY...WHERE SOME LOCATIONS ARE EXPECTED
TO HAVE LONG DURATIONS OF SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES THROUGH FRIDAY...PROMPTING
THE RED FLAG WARNING.
ANOTHER FIRE WEATHER CONCERN WILL BE GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS ACROSS
SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT...WHERE THERE
WILL ALSO BE VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES. THERE WILL BE
INCREASING MONSOONAL MOISTURE THIS WEEKEND WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON
AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS OF LOS ANGELES
AND VENTURA COUNTIES. A MORE SIGNIFICANT SURGE OF MOISTURE AND UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL BRING A BETTER THREAT OF MORE ORGANIZED AND MORE
WIDESREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MONDAY AND TUESDAY.