Ocean County, New Jersey · Wildfire
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The Cedar Creek Fire is a wildfire near Ocean County, New Jersey. It has burned about under 1 acre. It was first reported about 2 weeks 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
86°F · Areas Of Smoke
Wind 10 to 15 mph S · 63% chance of rain
Tonight
72°F · Patchy Smoke then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 10 mph SW · 96% chance of rain
Sunday
84°F · Mostly Sunny
Wind 5 to 10 mph NW · 5% chance of rain
Sunday Night
66°F · Mostly Clear
Wind 0 to 5 mph NW · 0% chance of rain
Monday
82°F · Sunny
Wind 0 to 5 mph E · 0% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Saturday, July 18th at 3:32 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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