Los Angeles County, California · Wildfire
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The Lac-322194 Fire is a wildfire near Los Angeles County, California. It's a brand-new fire, first reported today. We're also tracking 8 other active fires within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Tuesday, September 8th at 10:00 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.
Today
94°F · Slight Chance Rain Showers
Wind 5 to 10 mph NW · 15% chance of rain
Tonight
73°F · Mostly Clear
Wind 0 to 5 mph WNW · 5% chance of rain
Wednesday
99°F · Sunny
Wind 0 to 5 mph NNW · 1% chance of rain
Wednesday Night
75°F · Mostly Clear
Wind 5 mph WSW · 0% chance of rain
Thursday
102°F · Sunny
Wind 5 to 15 mph WSW · 1% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Tuesday, September 8th at 10:03 a.m. CDT.
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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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Within about 75 miles we're tracking 8 other active fires, closest first:
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