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Hey everyone, with the California and Pacific Northwest fire season seeming to be starting after a slow few months I've decided to make this topic for anyone interested. I'm very interested in fire weather (especially in this part of the world) and i'll try to post frequent updates on new starts or other wildfire related topics on here. 2020 and 2021 were the worst years on record for wildfires in California, with 2020s August complex fire becoming the largest ever recorded fire in California history and the 2021 Dixie fire becoming the largest non-complex (single start) fire in California's history. With the record rainfall and snowfall earlier this year will 2023 be a quiet year for fires? Or has the rainfall led to explosive vegetation and understory growth helping new starts reach the canopy quicker? At the moment its difficult to say, but with last night's lightning storm over NorCal multiple new starts are beginning to show themselves. Will likely be a few active days for the folks at Cal Fire, National Forest Service and any local agencies. Multiple Starts evident in NorCal, with further storms likely tonight they need to be watched, outflow winds can be a major problem in these scenarios. However, unlike 2020 california is not under a severe drought. Already seems to be some resource issues, Air Attack having airpower shortage problems due to how many new starts these thunderstorms have created. Seems like most if not all of NorCals air attack resources are on the Deep Fire, and from the camera views on the South Forks/Oregon mountain lookout I can see why, the thing looks like an absolute beast South Forks Wildfire.mp4 Last 30 mins of the Deep fire (this was at 1am) look at that Pileus on the Pyrocumulus at 6 seconds in-pretty indicative of explosive fire growth, may have to watch this one. Untitled video.mp4 Same camera but shows the growth this blaze has gone through in 3 hours. You can spot the moment the winds shift leading to large growth and the development of a pyrocumulus. The fire is currently burning in the Trinity National Forest, I would expect medium (possibly long) ranged spotting as well as an extensive crown fire. Pretty remote at this point but i'd expect evacuation notices soon. The Slide Fire (only a few miles away from the Deep fire) also looks decently active, not as explosive though. Looks more of a floor/understory fire but I would expect the occasional torching of a few pine trees. I'll try to update later today.