Yesterday, 102 new fires were reported nationwide, including seven new large fires. Firefighters are currently working to contain 102 uncontained large fires across the country. There are more than 29,200 personnel assigned to incidents nationwide.
Fire activity remains concentrated across the Northwest, where firefighters continue responding to numerous incidents threatening communities and critical infrastructure. Large fires near Spokane, Washington, including the Old Trails, Autumn Lane and Fairview fires, continue to prompt evacuations and road closures. Across Oregon and Washington, multiple incidents are exhibiting active to extreme fire behavior, with additional evacuations in effect as firefighters work to protect homes and infrastructure.
Several new large fires were reported yesterday, including the Antelope Creek Fire in Nevada, Sand Creek and Middle Coulee in Montana, Moose Mountain in Idaho, Left Creek in Wyoming, Bluegill in Florida's Everglades National Park, and the I-5 MM 57 NB Fire in southern Oregon. Many of these incidents are threatening structures or infrastructure, with several prompting evacuations or road closures.
National firefighting resources remain heavily committed, with 27 Complex Incident Management Teams, two National Incident Management Organizations, and international firefighters from Australia and New Zealand supporting suppression efforts in the Northwest. Four MAFFS C-130 airtankers remain deployed to Klamath Falls, Oregon, and Redding, California, to strengthen the national aerial firefighting fleet during this period of very high demand.
Weather
8/3/2026 The western portion of a weakening cold front will stall in the central Great Basin into the central Rockies. Breezy west winds with gusts up to 25-35 mph and RH between 4-15% will create elevated to locally critical conditions. Lighter winds will continue in the Northwest and expand to the northern Rockies, with north winds in the Okanogan Valley (WA) and potentially in far northern California. Temperatures will be cooler than average across the Inland Northwest, Northern Rockies, and northern Great Basin. However, it will remain very hot—exceeding 100°F in lower elevations—with very low RH across California, the southern Great Basin, West Slope, and much of the Southwest. The southern Plains will also experience extreme heat at or above 105°F, while cooler-than-normal temperatures will persist east of the Mississippi River. In the Southwest, an increase in monsoon moisture may boost the coverage of wet thunderstorms over southeast Arizona and southwest through northeast New Mexico. Isolated to scattered showers and mixed wet/dry thunderstorms can be expected for Colorado, northern and eastern Wyoming and Montana, especially east of the Divide. The eastern one-third of the U.S. will have additional rounds moderate to heavy rain in scattered to numerous thunderstorms.
