National Preparedness Level 5

as of July 27 at 2 pm MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5)

Current hours for the National Fire Information Center are
(MST) 8:00 am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday
208-387-5050

This report will be updated daily.
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August 19, 2018

Nationally, 110 large fires have burned over 1.9 million acres. Six new large fires were reported in Idaho, Nevada and Oregon. Eight large fires were contained including the Ferguso Fire in California.

Weather: The ridge of high pressure will remain strong over the inland west and continue to bring warmer than average temperatures with diurnal winds and marginal overnight humidity recoveries. Isolated storms will be possible along and west of the Continental Divide in Montana and Wyoming. A strong high pressure area at the surface will move south into central Montana, creating a breezy easterly flow across the western half of the state and possibly northern Idaho. With the center of the high pressure area located mostly over southern California, the northerly flow on the front (east) side of the ridge will suppress monsoonal convection to mainly areas near the Mexican Border. Further north, a trough of low pressure will bring cooler temperatures and possibly isolated storms to the Pacific Northwest. A passing trough of low pressure will bring scattered storms to the central portion of the Great Plains, while a stalled front is expected to bring the same to the Deep South and along the Atlantic Coast south of Delaware. Both the Great Lakes Region and the Northeast will remain warm and dry under the influence of a weak high pressure ridge.

Alaska (17)
Arizona (12)
California (8)
Colorado (10)
Idaho (13)
Montana (16)
Nevada (3)
New Mexico (1)
Oregon (13)
Texas (1)
Utah (5)
Washington (10)
Wyoming (1)