Another wild fire...

*Sigh*

At least some of the trail trash will burn with this fire. It's pretty windy right now, with temps ten degrees cooler than yesterday. Earlier today it looked like rain with grey clouds overhead to our north, but they all blew away now.

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Wildfire burns area south of Huachuca Mountains
By Laura OryHerald/Review
Published on Wednesday, April 09, 2008

SIERRA VISTA — A fire south of the Huachuca Mountains began burning oak and chaparral forest Tuesday morning.The Bear 2 fire began before 10 a.m. and had burned about 100 to 120 acres just south of Forest Road 61 near Bear Canyon by 5 p.m., said Celeste Gordon, fire information spokeswoman for the Coronado National Forest.

Two Arizona Department of Corrections crews, five fire engines, two water tenders and air attack aircraft fought the blaze. Crews had a line around the fire and would probably continue to work into the night, Gordon said. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

About 69 percent of fires in the Coronado National Forest are caused by lighting, but there were no known storms at the time the fire started, Gordon said. A red flag warning will be in effect from 11 a.m. to about 7 p.m. today for much of Southeastern Arizona.

Dry conditions and 15 to 25 mph winds, with gusts up to 40 mph, are expected to create critical fire weather conditions, according to the National Weather Service.A red flag warning is a forecast warning issued by the National Weather Service to tell area fire-fighting and land management agencies that conditions are ideal for wildland fires.

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WEATHER UPDATE: Windy conditions to be felt throughout the afternoon
Published on Wednesday, April 09, 2008

SIERRA VISTA — Cochise County is in for a windy Wednesday afternoon, according to reports from two agencies.The Electronic Proving Ground’s Meteorological Support Team on Fort Huachuca issued a range advisory at 10:30 a.m. that said “strong, gusty, southwesternly winds are in evidence at this time on all ranges.”

The winds, according to the fort team, are to continue through 7 p.m. today.Winds of 15 to 30 mph, with gusts of 45 mph or more, are forecast.The National Weather Service has put a red flag warning into effect from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

“Winds are expected to increase today through early this evening as an area of low pressure” from the Pacific Ocean moves across Arizona, the weather service said. Cochise County and portions of Greenlee and Graham counties have the red flag warning in effect. The warning means windy and dry conditions exist that could be prone to wildfire.

The weather service’s wind advisory for the area said that sustained winds of 25 to 35 mph are likely in Cochise County through the afternoon.
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