National Preparedness Level 4

as of August 3 at 2 p.m. 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 Monday through Friday.
Please check the IMSR for more information.

August 5, 2020

New large fires were reported in Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Wyoming. Forty-six large fires have burned more than 272,000 acres in 11 states. Firefighters continue to make progress toward containment goals on many large fires in the West.

Two MAFFS C-130 airtankers and support personnel from the 146th Airlift Wing (California Air National Guard) have been deployed to McClellan Airfield, CA, in support of wildland fire operations.

During this unprecedented time, the safety of the public and all wildland fire responders is always the number one priority for all wildland fire agencies. For more information and links to the Geographic Area Plans, visit the NIFC COVID-19 page.

Weather

Isolated to widely scattered wet/dry thunderstorms are likely across portions of northern California, northern Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho. Thunderstorms may continue overnight into eastern Washington, northern Idaho, and western Montana. Hot, dry, and breezy conditions will develop across inland portions of southern California, southern Great Basin, and southwest Texas. Thunderstorms will develop across eastern Arizona and through much of the southern and central Rocky Mountains and onto the Plains. A cold front will continue to push eastward through the Appalachians with rain and thunderstorms expected along the Atlantic Coast.

Alaska (9)
Arizona (6)
California (10)
Colorado (4)
Montana (2)
Nevada (4)
Oregon (2)
Texas (3)
Utah (2)
Washington (2)
Wyoming (1)