as of October 13, 2023 at 7:30 a.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5)
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December 15, 2023
Five new large fires were reported in California, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina and Texas. Wildland firefighters were able to contain all fires.
The National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook, produced by the predictive services staff at the National Interagency Coordination Center was released on December 1 and above normal wildfire potential is possible in Hawaii over the next three months. The current wildland fire potential outlook and the monthly seasonal outlook podcast is also available.
Gusty offshore winds amid low relative humidity will continue today into tomorrow across southern California, with dry and breezy conditions also continuing across portions of the Desert Southwest into the weekend. Portions of the Mid-South, southern Appalachians, and Carolinas will have critically low relative humidity today. However, as an upper low approaches and a surface low develops in the Gulf of Mexico and tracks northeast along the Southeast Coast, rain is expected across much of the Southeast and up the East Coast this weekend through Monday. Snow is likely in portions of the Great Lakes tonight and the Northeast and eastern Great Lakes Monday into Tuesday, with dry and breezy post-frontal conditions likely in the Mississippi Valley and portions of the Southeast early to mid-next week. Post-frontal dry and windy conditions are likely today across Hawaii before trade winds return to more typical speeds and moisture gradually increases over the weekend into early next week. Stronger trade winds and drier conditions on leeward locations may return next week. Precipitation will return to the West Coast on Sunday and Monday and continue through mid-next week, with some precipitation spreading inland to the Intermountain West. The heaviest precipitation will be in the central and northern California Coast Ranges and Sierra, including heavy snow in the Sierra above 7,000-8,000 feet.
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Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
0 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
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| Acres from active fires | 0 | |
| Fires contained | 0 |
| 2023 (1/1/23-12/18/23) | Fires: 54,273 | Acres: 2,627,112 |
| 2022 (1/1/22-12/18/22) | Fires: 65,646 | Acres: 7,453,901 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-12/18/21) | Fires: 57,616 | Acres: 7,151,716 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-12/18/20) | Fires: 57,251 | Acres: 10,267,185 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-12/18/19) | Fires: 49,153 | Acres: 4,578,817 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-12/18/18) | Fires: 54,670 | Acres: 8,577,338 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-12/18/17) | Fires: 60,488 | Acres: 9,515,055 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-12/18/16) | Fires: 61,999 | Acres: 5,330,781 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-12/18/15) | Fires: 60,164 | Acres: 9,861,392 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-12/18/14) | Fires: 62,603 | Acres: 3,569,046 |
| 2013 (1/1/13-12/18/13) | Fires: 46,139 | Acres: 4,280,493 |
| 2013-2022 | Fires: 56,728 | Acres: 6,987,586 |