North Slope County, Alaska · Wildfire
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The Meade Fire is a wildfire near North Slope County, Alaska. It has burned about 9 acres (about 7 football fields). It was first reported 2 days ago.
The size and containment above are current as of Saturday, July 18th at 3:28 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
51°F · Scattered Rain Showers
Wind 5 to 10 mph E · 26% chance of rain
Tonight
42°F · Isolated Rain Showers then Mostly Cloudy
Wind 10 mph E · 22% chance of rain
Sunday
59°F · Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 10 to 15 mph E · 43% chance of rain
Sunday Night
44°F · Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 10 to 15 mph E · 43% chance of rain
Monday
62°F · Scattered Rain Showers
Wind 5 to 10 mph E · 38% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Saturday, July 18th at 3:36 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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