Kittitas County, Washington · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size |
0 acres Aug 14, 5:00 PM
|
0 acres
Aug 16, 5:00 AM
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— |
| Containment | — | — | — |
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The CR - Whitetail Road Fire is a wildfire near Kittitas County, Washington. It has burned about under 1 acre. It was first reported 11 days ago.
The size and containment above are current as of Friday, August 14th at 5:00 p.m. CDT.
Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.
A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.
This Afternoon
75°F · Areas Of Smoke
Wind 1 mph SW · 75% chance of rain
Tonight
58°F · Patchy Smoke then Smoke
Wind 2 mph NW · 34% chance of rain
Saturday
77°F · Areas Of Smoke
Wind 3 mph W · 63% chance of rain
Saturday Night
59°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Areas Of Smoke
Wind 3 mph NW · 21% chance of rain
Sunday
80°F · Slight Chance Rain Showers
Wind 0 to 5 mph NW · 15% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Friday, August 14th at 5:06 p.m. CDT.
This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.
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No other active fires are near this one right now. It's on its own.
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