Tag: Greenwood Fire
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Monday evening Greenwood, John Ek and Whelp Fire Updates; Pre-evacuations for the Gunflint Trail
8:15 PM Monday, 8/23/2021 Greenwood Fire has grown to 10,500 acres per latest update from InciWeb and FireMappers data. 0% contained as of early Monday evening. A wind shift to the east will occur on Tuesday, this will keep the fire from spreading any farther east on Tuesday, but could…
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A look at Rainfall totals and deficits from around the Northland
Rainfall Totals from Sunday night/Monday morning, August 22-23, 2021 Orr, MN: 0.14″Littlefork, MN: 0.08″Moose Lake, MN: 0.07″Chisholm-Hibbing Airport: 0.04″International Falls, MN: 0.03″Effie/Bigfork, MN: 0.03″Grand Rapids, MN: 0.03″Isabella, MN: 0.02″Duluth Airport: 0.01″Grand Marais, MN: 0.01″ Rainfall totals and deficits from around the Northland Duluth, Minnesota Month to date: 0.60″; -2.03″ below…
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Saturday evening Greenwood Fire Update
Greenwood Fire information as of 4:30 PM Saturday, August 21, 2021 Size: 9,067 acres 0% contained Total Personnel: 321 The entire BWCA will be shutting down due to rapid wildfire growth and drought conditions – This closure will continue for 7 days, and will be re-evaluated on a weekly basis…
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1″+ rain totals reported over western portions of the Northland Friday evening-early Saturday morning; Very little rain over the Greenwood fire
Good news bad news with last night’s rain. I’ll start with the good news – Much of northwest, west-central and parts of northern Minnesota received a good soaking last night, and its those areas that are currently in Exceptional and Extreme drought, so last night’s rain likely helped at least…
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Greenwood Fire Update
4:10 PM Friday, 8/20/2021 Per Superior National Forest Update The Greenwood fire has jumped to the west side of Highway 2 and north of Stony Lake, and is close to overtaking several homes/cabins. Greenwood fire has grown to 4,734 acres as of 4 PM Friday, August 20, 2021. The Sheriff…
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Update on the rain chances for late today/tonight
1 PM Friday 8/20/2021 It still looks like will get at least a little bit of rain in the Northland later today, but more so tonight-early Saturday morning, but amounts look pretty light, except in western portions of the area, roughly along and west of a line from International Falls…
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Greenwood Fire Update
8 PM Thursday, 8/19/2021 Wind direction forecast for the Greenwood Fire area Friday: Southerly winds (orange) Saturday: Winds shift to the southwest around mid-morning, then out of the west to northwest during the afternoon (purple) Gusty winds are possible on Saturday, with wind gusts of 15 to 25 mph. Given…