Solano County, California · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size | — |
2 acres
Aug 18, 6:00 AM
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— |
| Containment | — | — | — |
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The Lynch Fire is a wildfire near Solano County, California. It has burned about 2 acres (about 2 football fields). It's a brand-new fire, first reported today.
The size and containment above are current as of Tuesday, August 18th at 4:01 a.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.
Overnight
55°F · Mostly Cloudy
Wind 17 mph WSW · 0% chance of rain
Tuesday
78°F · Mostly Sunny
Wind 10 to 17 mph WSW · 0% chance of rain
Tuesday Night
57°F · Mostly Cloudy
Wind 14 to 17 mph WSW · 0% chance of rain
Wednesday
79°F · Mostly Sunny
Wind 12 to 15 mph WSW · 0% chance of rain
Wednesday Night
57°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind 15 to 18 mph WSW · 0% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Tuesday, August 18th at 4:04 a.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.
We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:
No other active fires are near this one right now. It's on its own.
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