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dipulb3 · 4 years ago

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Fierce Diablo winds and strongest fire weather this season force power cuts to nearly 400,000 customers in Northern California

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Fierce Diablo winds and strongest fire weather this season force power cuts to nearly 400,000 customers in Northern California

“We are seeing a dangerous combination of factors with this forecast. High winds, extremely low humidity, record dry fuels on the ground and severe drought,” said PG&E’s Lynsey Paulo.

The 2020 fire season has already proven devastating for the region, and meteorologists fear the windy, dry conditions will stoke the blazes already underway.

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a Red Flag warning for much of Northern California starting Sunday and into Tuesday for what the agency calls the “strongest event of the year so far.” More than 30 million people are under the warning through the start of next week, according to Appradab meteorologist Tyler Mauldin.

A Red Flag warning means damaging winds and extremely low humidity pose a severe risk for wildfires that can spread very quickly.

Earlier this month, PG&E shut off service to some customers to prevent equipment from igniting fires in harsh conditions.

This outage is in anticipation of strong Diablo winds Sunday, forecast to top 70 mph, and expected extreme temperatures, according to PG&E’s Chief Meteorologist Scott Strenfel. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association and North Ops predictive services “are indicating that this is a critical event, the strongest of the season,” Strenfel said.

The shut off affects customers across eight counties and will begin in stages starting at 10 a.m. Sunday. Power is expected to be switched back on Monday into Tuesday once the extreme weather passes.

Moving crews into place

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) has increased staffing and has been coordinating with local fire agencies in pre-positioning fire resources in critical areas, according to a statement released by the agency on Saturday.

At least 8,000 fire incidents reported by Cal Fire have burned a record 4 million acres and claimed the lives of 31 people this year so far.

Cal Fire has asked residents in Red Flag areas to remain vigilant to prevent accidentally sparking a wildfire. Extremely dry, windy conditions with high gusts can damage trees and power lines and ignite fires in dry regions.

Heat waves and droughts in the West pose risk of wildfires

Drought, strong winds, dry vegetation and above average temperatures have persisted this fall in the West, elevating critical fire weather conditions across much of the region.

As authorities in California prepare for the worst, firefighters in Colorado are still battling the East Troublesome Fire, which continues to devastate parts of northern Colorado, swallowing homes and businesses in its path.

That blaze, near Grimes Peak in the Arapaho National Forest, has burned more than 190,000 acres and is only between 4% and 5% contained. Evacuations are continuing across Grand County.

Snow and cold temperatures moved into the Rockies and central Colorado late Saturday and will remain in the region Sunday, conditions that will help tamp down that blaze, meteorologists said.

California wildfires

There are currently 5,300 firefighters working to reach full containment on 21 wildfires in California, 12 of which are considered major incidents, according to a statement released by Cal Fire on Saturday.

Ten months into the year, more than 46,000 fires across the United States have burned more than 8.6 million acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. That’s already 2 million more burned acres than the yearly average over the last 10 years. An average of 50,934 fires are reported each year.

Appradab’s Claudia Dominguez contributed to this report.

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tendance-news · 4 years ago

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High temperatures raise fire risk while poor air quality prevents residents from going outdoors amid Covid-19Record-high temperatures are expected across California for the holiday weekend, increasing fire risk and exacerbating poor air quality for residents yearning to go outside because of the pandemic but forced indoors because of smoke from nearby fires.As fires continue to burn throughout the state, the National Weather Service (NWS) declared excessive heat watches in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento starting on Saturday and lasting until Monday. In Los Angeles, where temperatures of 100F to 115F were expected away from the beaches, dangerous heat was declared.“This is an exceptionally dangerous event, especially considering the holiday weekend and the ongoing pandemic,” warned the NWS forecast office in San Diego. “This event will be hotter than the recent mid-August heat wave. Temperatures this high, and this widespread, are rarely ever seen in this area.”> Another week, another major California heatwave. This will undoubtedly complicate ongoing wildfire situation, & may have elevated health impacts given ongoing "smokestorm" conditions that make it difficult to spend time outdoors/open windows. CAwx CAfire https://t.co/dV8WjpoJeQ> > — Daniel Swain (@Weather_West) September 1, 2020The NWS also warned of an increased risk of power outages, as more Californians will want to use their air conditioners amid the heat – and it highlighted an increased risk of vegetation fires. “Elevated to briefly critical fire weather conditions can lead to dangerous plume-dominated fire growth,” the forecast reads.> SOCAL we have Dangerous heat coming this holiday weekend! High risk of heat-related illness, power outages and large brushfires. Please use extra caution - let's get through this heatwave safely!! CAwx LAheat pic.twitter.com/YzyA2yXH8W> > — NWS Los Angeles (@NWSLosAngeles) September 2, 2020This heatwave strikes as typical air-conditioned public spaces such as malls and libraries remain closed in many locations because of Covid-19. “Those without air conditioning should make preparations now to stay cool,” the NWS said.For many residents in regions choked by wildfire smoke – many of whom do not have air conditioning – the small respite offered by an open window is no longer an option because of the air quality.> Today, 9/2, Spare the Air Alert! Bay Area air quality is expected to be Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups in the Northern Zone and the South Central Bay, Moderate in all other regions. pic.twitter.com/2OtIPJzi2o> > — Bay Area Air Quality (@AirDistrict) September 2, 2020The heatwave comes on the heels of a lightning event that sparked a series of wildfires throughout the state. Since 15 August, nearly 14,000 lightning strikes have ignited 900 wildfires across California that have burned more than 1.5 million acres – 2,344 sq miles – and killed eight.> The latest numbers on the Aug. LightningSiege. More information at https://t.co/6s2QmGvwFi pic.twitter.com/4kq4HdcCcv> > — CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) September 2, 2020The excessive heat watches are expected to cool to heat warnings by Wednesday or Thursday next week.

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ciathyzareposts · 5 years ago

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Ringworld – Five Aliens and a Stasis Box

Written by Reiko

Quinn’s Journal #2: “I’ve managed to escape with Chmeee’s son in the prototype ship, but now the Puppeteers want us to go retrieve some ancient technology in stasis boxes on Ringworld. How are we ever going to catch up with the Destroyer? These boxes are not exactly easy to get to, either. Seeker is confident as always, but he’s taking the worst of the danger during these retrieval missions.“

Landing at Ringworld’s spaceport

We get some interesting visuals depicting the huge scale of the thing as we land in a spaceport area and descend to the surface of the Ringworld. We land near a primitive tribe of people, who are apparently holding onto an artifact that the Puppeteers want. The strongest of the “stasis reflection” signals points to near this location. It’s so strong that it might even be something as large as a spaceship.

Seeker suggests using the “God Gambit” to awe the natives and get them to do what we want. They’re not quite as cooperative as we’d like, though. We have to prove ourselves worthy before we can access the stasis artifact. Seeker is sent off on a mission to kill the “Screaming Devil,” some monster which has been terrorizing the village.

The priest of the People in the Canyon controls access to the artifact.

Meanwhile Miranda and Quinn stay in the village and try to talk to the high priest of the tribe, who describes himself as the “Holder of the Key to the Sacred Tech,” among other things. He calls their artifact the “Sky Silver.” Seems like some piece of advanced technology fell from the sky and the tribe has been guarding it ever since.

From the main village screen, there’s something that acts like a forcefield preventing us from entering the area where the Sky Silver is kept. Next to that exit, I find some kind of column with five black spots arranged in a square with a spot in the middle. Four small objects rest nearby, which can be placed on the spots, but the correct arrangement is not immediately obvious.

The chief thinks Seeker, or “See-Ku,” is a god, but Quinn and Miranda don’t get the same level of respect.

I tried to talk to the tribe’s chief, but after a brief exchange, he won’t talk to me again unless I give him “strong drink.” Lacking any further leads, I can’t think of anything to do but to go back to the lander, where Quinn comments that “Alterian Moonshine” would probably be an appropriate sort of strong drink. That’s an interestingly specific need, but I have no idea where to get that.

Dolphin prosthetics, how creative.

I start looking around the lander and discover the ship’s computer. Which says nothing about moonshine, Alterian or otherwise, but does contain rather a lot of interesting information about various races and their backstories. Apparently in this future, dolphins and whales are sentient and have been given strap-on flipper “hand” prosthetics so that they can actually manipulate tools and work with technology. Not that that seems to have any direct bearing on the story, but it’s great worldbuilding.

The replicator options are displayed like dialogue choices.

Miranda’s occupied with running some diagnostics while I go looking for moonshine. Eventually I discover the elevator and use it to go to level 2. There I can see several doors to various places like the autodoc, but the most useful thing is the food replicator, which offers me five options, one of which is just labeled “ale.” I’m not sure if that’s strong enough, but I take it anyway. Quinn has a comment about the other four options and appears to take them, but there’s nothing else added to my inventory besides the bottle of ale.

In the storage room I find a medkit I can take, as well as the airlock and pressure suits for everyone. Seeker seems to have two pressure suits, a normal one and a suit that looks like armor. Quinn wonders if it’s legal for him to have the battle suit. Miranda’s suit is stowed with her boots placed separately for some reason. I can also have Quinn put on his suit and walk around, but I’m told I don’t need the airlock right now, so I don’t seem to need the suit either. I suspect there might be a scene later where I have to get into the suit and exit through the airlock, though.

My quarters are quite colorful.

I check out my quarters but find little of interest aside from some colorful alien art and a gravity field “bed.” A cabinet inside a table holds a few things from the previous owner (although who would that have been if this is a prototype…?), including a copy of Moby Dick and a “song sphere,” but nothing I can take or manipulate. The third level holds just the bridge, but I find nothing to do there as well. A hatch that gives emergency access to bridge controls is locked. Each level holds the same computer with the same information, in case I feel the need to look something up at a moment’s notice, I guess.

I guess he does consider “Ku-In” to be a god also. And she makes it very clear later what “rishathra” involves…

Well, I’ve got the ale, so I leave the lander, collecting Miranda on the way out, and we return to the village. When I get there, we automatically greet the chief and offer him the ale as a gift. Miranda stays with the chief to make sure he gets drunk, while Quinn, as a reward, gets the honor of bedding the chief’s daughter, which she is actually very happy about. I’m not even making this up. Once the daughter is satisfied and asleep (which happens automatically and mostly off-screen), Quinn gets the opportunity to move around again and try to get to the stasis artifact by bringing down the force field.

Is that a ladder in your pocket, or…?

I regain control in the chief’s kitchen, where the daughter has her bed (to tend the spit, perhaps?). I first notice and take a rope hanging on a peg. When I exit the kitchen, I find myself back in the chief’s room, where he has just become so drunk that he passes out on Miranda. He won’t get in our way again for a while. Miranda hints that I might want to find something useful in that room, so I swipe the chief’s ladder, which seems to disappear into my pocket, despite being significantly taller than Quinn.

Well, that was not smart.

When I leave the chief’s room, the guard is just walking away and doesn’t seem to see me. I’m sure I don’t want him to interfere with what I’m doing, so I quickly drop the ladder right by the wall so that Quinn can climb up on top of the caves. I can’t really move around up there, but I have access to two holes. The hole on the right, with lots of smoke, drops me straight down into the chief’s cooking fire. Whoops.

The hole on the left, with just a wisp of smoke, drops me into the temple, but landing from that height causes too much noise. The priest comes in and pokes me and warns me not to go in there again. I saved and tried again without doing anything different, just to see if his threat meant anything, but the same thing happened again, so I guess not. To make less noise, I’ve got to climb down the rope, but using the rope on the hole doesn’t work. Using it on the nearby rock outcropping does, though.

This was surprisingly difficult to see on the back wall.

Inside the temple, I examine and poke everything multiple times before I discover that there’s a drawing on an old piece of skin on the back wall, which shows me the correct arrangement for the objects near the force field. NW: moon, NE: planet, SW: comet, SE: star, center: ring. I go back to the force field controls and put all the pieces that are there in the correct places, but I seem to be missing one. I don’t have the ring shape that’s supposed to go in the center.

I look around again and finally remember that I can go into the priest’s room in front of the temple room too. I spot the ring shape on the priest’s necklace hanging by the opening in the back of the room, but I can’t get it from there, or the priest wakes up from his nap and scolds me again. I have to go back up the ladder, climb down the rope into the temple, and go into the room from the back so I’m standing by the back opening. Then I can quietly grab the necklace and return the way I came.

All five pieces in place on the control box.

When I get back down to the front, Seeker appears with his kill, whatever monster it was that was disturbing the village. After he’s taken care of that (it’s clear that he’s planning to eat it at some point), then I can use the necklace and place all five shapes in the correct places to disable the force field.

That’s at least 25,000 years old, apparently.

Seeker and Quinn go look at the Sky Silver, but it’s an ancient ship encased in a stasis field. I can do nothing with it other than scan it with my scanner (finally an actual use for the thing), which tells us we have no way of breaking the stasis field.

We leave empty-handed in the end, so Seeker decides we need to look for the next “stasis reflection” which could be what the Puppeteers want. I thought they gave us coordinates, but I guess those were just approximate, and we have multiple possibilities within that area. There’s some discussion about how the stasis field objects might be from the ancient Thrintun Slaver civilization, which would be valuable technology.

Suddenly, the Hindmost’s hologram appears again, and he insists we tell him everything we found so far. Quinn tells him we found nothing yet, but we’re on our way to check the next location right away. Hindmost urges us to hurry, as our race’s survival might depend on it. But the group doesn’t really trust him and doesn’t want to tell him any more than necessary.

Stubborn Kzinti pride at work here…

At any rate, we land near the next significant signal, which seems to be located within a cave. Seeker and Quinn proceed to have an argument about whether Seeker is going to go into the cave by himself to investigate, or whether Quinn will go too. Outside the cave, we find a pile of humanoid bones, which redoubles Seeker’s insistence on going alone. Seeker thinks he’s a mighty warrior that doesn’t need any backup, and Quinn just wants to help watch his back. I get one conversational choice here, but it doesn’t seem to matter what I say, because Quinn ends up going back to the lander to help Miranda track Seeker while he enters the cave.

Seeker smells humanoids and comments that all humanoids smell like food to him, which is not particularly reassuring to Miranda and Quinn. The smell keeps getting stronger until suddenly we get a glimpse of a fierce alien humanoid on Seeker’s monitor, and then we lose the signal. Miranda suggests that Quinn needs to go after him, and make sure to take a medkit (which I already found in the storage room).

The snare was only the obvious sort of trap, and not large enough for a human.

I cautiously step into the cave. It’s pretty creepy, with an odd smell and some bat-like creatures flying around. One of the creatures is caught in a snare made out of tough fibers. One strand of the fiber runs deep into a hole, but I can’t do anything with it. When I start to move back toward the entrance from that hole, I very suddenly fall into another hole that had been concealed. It’s a trap! (It was so sudden that I was completely startled.)

Quinn acts drunk.

The creatures that had captured Seeker have captured me too. I try to talk to their leader, the “Flesheater Lord,” but he’s not having it, and throws me into the same “food pit” where they’ve put Seeker. I noticed that their speech seemed completely unintelligible at first, but after a few exchanges, Quinn started getting a few words. The same thing happened at the village. He must have some sort of universal translator that needs some input before it starts working. The creatures also give off some sort of odor or pheromone that makes Quinn dizzy and ineffective.

In the pit, Quinn’s head clears. I check on Seeker, who’s unresponsive, so I use the medkit on him to give him a stimulant. He’s still mostly unresponsive, so I scoop up a sharp bit of bone from whatever else died in the pit before we got there, and squeeze through a narrow tunnel to get back to the original cavern. I have to be really careful where I step, or I’ll fall into the trap again, but if I go around, I can use the sharp bone to cut the cord of the snare and free the bat creature.

The grateful bat-creature is willing to help me.

I can’t find anything else to do, but after I let myself get caught and put back into the food pit, the next time I try to leave, the bat creature I freed appears and talks to me. It says it can show me a way out, and it gives me an anti-pheromone drug. Quinn automatically takes it, and then I can also administer it to Seeker to wake him up the rest of the way. (Rather fortunate that it works on both human and Kzinti physiology.) Since he can’t get out the same way I can, he stays there while I escape again and get the bat creature to show me how to get to the eaters’ “throne room.” We can’t leave without getting that stasis box.

I follow the bat creature off toward the left, but suddenly I run into a couple of the eaters again, and they drop me back into the food pit. Well, this is getting old. I try again, and this time I stun one before they can grab me. The rest scatter and leave me alone. I find the stone covering the food pit and open it so Seeker can get out. The bat creature is hanging from the ceiling there, so I talk to it one more time, and it tells me to push the big pillar. I poke at the pillar a bit and find a stone that looks out of place. Pushing it takes me to the big room full of skulls that had been full of the eaters before, but is now completely empty. I take the shining stasis box, collect Seeker, and we walk out completely unopposed. That was rather anti-climactic.

Back on the lander, we set course for the next stasis reflection, but in the meantime, we decide to try to open the box we just got, especially because Hindmost calls again and demands to know our progress. We tell him truthfully that we got one box but we haven’t had a chance to open it yet, and he goes away. I get a dialog choice to look up information on stasis fields, or just go ahead with opening it.

The entry on stasis fields in the lander’s computer.

I had read the entry on stasis fields along with the rest of them a while back, but I review it again, just in case. It says there are two kinds of stasis fields: protection fields, which usually have no controls and operate automatically, like the one around that crashed ship, and preservation fields, which usually have controls and enclose things to be stored for later, like pieces of technology. If the box has a preservation field, we might be able to open it.

It also says that one stasis field cannot exist inside another. The larger takes precedence. That turns out to be the key to opening these boxes, as Miranda can simply generate a field around the box, which deactivates the box’s field. Inside it, she finds some kind of device, which sends out a beam that leaves Quinn feeling odd, with tingling fingers and a ringing in his ears. Maybe we’ll figure out what that does later.

Ringworld map of the coordinates given by Hindmost.

Next time, we’ll go after the next box. I’m not certain how many of these stops for boxes there will be, but I realized later that there had been a map shown when we first arrived at Ringworld. The map shows five stasis reflection points, and we’ve been to two of them so far, so there should only be three more.

Number of people stunned by Quinn: 1 (the Flesheater); 4 total Number of actions taken by Quinn other than stunning: 18 (including getting 7 items: the ale, the medkit, the rope, the ladder, the ring-necklace, the sharp bone, and the stasis box); 24 total Number of conversational choices: 3 (two in the argument with Seeker, stasis field choice) [and a half? if the replicator counts]; 7 total Number of deaths: 1 (falling in the cook fire); 2 total Number of alien species encountered: 5 (2 from the first session: Kzinti and Puppeteers, 3 from this one: the People of the Canyon, the Flesheaters, the bat-creatures)

Session Time: 2 hrs 20 min Total Time: 3 hrs 10 min

Note Regarding Spoilers and Companion Assist Points: There’s a set of rules regarding spoilers and companion assist points. Please read it here before making any comments that could be considered a spoiler in any way. The short of it is that no points will be given for hints or spoilers given in advance of me requiring one. Please…try not to spoil any part of the game for me…unless I really obviously need the help…or I specifically request assistance. In this instance, I’ve not made any requests for assistance. Thanks!

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projecthashtagwx-blog · 7 years ago

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[NWS Warnings] Red Flag Warning issued October 06 at 6:00AM PDT until October 06 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS AND THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... .Warm and very dry conditions will combine with gusty offshore winds to create elevated fire weather danger through Saturday. A Read More At http://bit.ly/2y4yQQW. The National Weather Service Alerts.

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every2piness-blog · 7 years ago

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Hello, lovely hiking friends. Today I thought I would walk you through the steps I take when planning a day hiking trip in Washington State. There are so many resources that it can get overwhelming, but on the flip side, not doing enough planning can get you in some sticky situations.

This weekend is particularly special as Saturday, September 30, 2017 is National Public Lands Day. The day is designed to celebrate conservation and enjoyment of the country’s public lands. And Washington has some of the best public lands out there! Here are the 10 steps to go from sitting at your computer to enjoying nature on Washington’s trails.

1. Check the weather and narrow down your geographic regions.

Washington is big, with lots of mountain ranges, a coastal region and half of it is classified as desert. All of this means that any given weekend, there may only be a few spots that are safe to venture to. And an even smaller list that will not be miserable, wet and rainy. Luckily, that also means that there usually some pockets of workable weather on even the bleakest of weekends.

The first site I open when picking a hiking trail is the National Weather Service Mountains Forecast Page. This map lets you click-through to generalized mountain areas. This allows you to get a broad idea about the weather in different regions and ultimately rule-out the areas that are less than ideal. In the summer, the entire region is often sunny and perfection. In the spring and fall, sometimes only Salmon La Sac for two months can save you from the downpour.

Note: All of these recommendations are for low-land hiking. There are many more considerations when snow is a factor, including winter storm warnings and avalanche danger.

Resources:

NOAA’s Mountain Forecast Page

2. Check your parameters

Before I open any of my inspiration resources, I like to jot down a few parameters so I know which hikes I can automatically discount. Some of the things I try to think about are:

Mileage? Elevation gain?

Consider the time-factor of high-mileage hikes and the physical factor. With my shin splints, going above a certain grade meant physical pain, so I spent a lot of time this summer calculating the average slope. Setting a hard limit before I looked at hikes helped me avoid hikes that would cause a re-injury.

Drive time?

The amount I am willing to drive for a hike is constantly changing. Consider how long you are willing to stay on the road. Are you willing to drive for more hours than you will be on the trail? Consider if you can add ferry times or excessive traffic crossing passes in the summer.

Permit or pass type?

You may already have a pass and want to make sure to pick a hike that the pass will cover. This can help you narrow down your hike if you know the wilderness area you want to stick to.

Am I bringing a doggo?

There are dog-friendly hikes in Washington, but there are also a lot of trails that are unsuitable for dogs. If you know ahead of time that you will be bringing a dog, that can help narrow down hikes significantly.

Seasonal goals, wishes?

Lastly, sometimes I narrow hikes based on seasonal features. For example, in the summer I will prioritize hikes that have wildflowers. Last week’s hike came from the desire to see some golden larches, which have a short season. If you know there are special, time-specific features, that can help narrow down trails.

Washington’s wilderness is incredibly diverse. Sometimes I narrow hikes based on wanting something different from the week before. For example, a weekend spent at a low-land lake made me want to spend the next weekend in the high alpine.

3. Get Inspired

Once I have an idea of my parameters it is time for the fun part: looking for inspiration. The first place I check is my notebook, where I keep a running list of hikes I am interested in. Next, I have a visual bucket list via Instagram’s collections feature. As I see areas that I would like to visit on my Instagram feed, I add it to my various inspiration folders. Sometimes this helps me find a specific hike, or decide what style of a hike I am interested in.

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I also search Instagram using different wilderness or national park location tags. If I already know the wilderness area I want to explore, this can help me find trails to visit or avoid if it looks like it has been really busy. Lastly, I follow specific Instagram accounts that seem like they are always going beautiful places. Some of my favorites right now are angexploring, hellomynameisbrad, and ellieljohnson.

Next, I head to WTA’s trip report section to browse what people have done recently, as it can be a good measure both of what is doing well seasonally and if any trails are going to be extra crowded. On Facebook, I take part in several groups, including Washington hikers and climbers, and PNW outdoor women. Often people post about hikes they have done and enjoyed, and it gives great insight into current conditions. These communities are really useful because you can interact directly with other hikers and ask specific questions about the trail. You can also pose questions to the group as a whole, if you want to crowd-source some of your research.

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Lastly, sometimes I browse Alltrails, Outdoor Project, and The Mountaineers.

Resources:

Websites

WTA

Alltrails

Outdoor Project

The Mountaineers

Facebook

Washington hikers and climbers

PNW outdoor women

4. Narrow it down

After this step, I try to have a list of 3-4 hikes that fit all of my previously outlined parameters. Sometimes I am really good at this and come up with 3 solid options. Sometimes I am terrible and enter the research phase with 11 hikes that I somehow want to complete all on the same day…

Do your best to narrow them down to a manageable number, as that will help you with step number 5.

5. Research

Once I have a few hikes in mind, I pick a few to research a little more heavily.

I read the most recent trip reports on WTA to see the conditions.

I search the aforementioned Facebook groups with the hike to see if anyone has been there recently.

I check the national parks or national forest page to see if there are any closures.

Lastly, and importantly this summer, I check the fire map to see if it is too close to any wildfires.

Then I google the hikes on my short list and the word blog to see if I can find some blog posts of the hike we are going on. This helps me find alternate routes, specific conditions and get further inspired. Sometimes it can also be great to find places to eat after hiking.

Resources:

US Wildfire Activity Web Map

6. Pick the One

I officially decide which hike is the chosen one and exit out of all the other tabs, otherwise, I will spend all night searching for the perfect one. I recently realized I pick my hikes in a terribly backward way where after I find a hike, I need to read about all hikes I am not going to do so that I don’t miss an even more perfect hike. This is madness. Do not do this.

7. Check the weather again

Remember earlier how I said that I like the mountain forecast page because you don’t have to be super specific? Now is the time to be specific. I head to weather.gov to find the weather in my exact location. You can type in exact GPS coordinates, which can help planning and packing your gear. If there are significant elevation changes in your hike, make sure to center a location at the trailhead and at the max elevation gain. Weather can be extremely different one ridge over, planning for the trailhead is significantly different from planning for lunch at the summit. If your hike is taking you to a summit, the Mountain Weather Forecast page can also be really useful.

Resources:

Weather

Mountain Weather Forecast

8. Figure out your permit

There are a bunch of different wilderness types in Washington including National Parks (we have 3!), state parks, national forest land, tribal lands and more. Each wilderness category has a different permit, some overlap and it is different when there is snow. It can be hard to keep it all straight, but using the wrong permit can lead to a ticket at the trailhead. These are just the passes to park your car at the trailhead, if you are going to spend the night, each wilderness area has a different system for overnight permits, including some available at a trailhead and others that require entering into a competitive lottery. For all hikes in Washington, you just need a parking pass not a permit, except in a few rare cases.

Here is a breakdown of Washington’s most common permits:

Discover Pass:

Discover Pass is for state parks, or state-owned lands. It costs $30.00 for the year, or $10.00 for a daily pass. The pass can be shared between two vehicles, but only used at one vehicle at a time. Some popular hikes using the Discover Pass are Mt. Si, Wallace Falls and Deception Pass.

NW Forest Pass

Northwest Forest Pass is for federal lands, excluding national parks. Like the discover pass, it costs $30.00 a year or $5.00 for a day pass. NW forest pass is not linked to a singular car, so if you are carpooling with other people, you can grab your pass and bring it with you. I find this is the most useful pass for Washington, and the one I recommend if you are only going to purchase one. We have a lot of spectacular wilderness that uses the NW forest pass, including most of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Gifford Pinchot Wilderness, and Olympic Wilderness. Some dayhikes on this blog that use the forest pass are Blue Lake, Boulder River, and Middle Fork Snoqualmie

Olympic National Park/Mount Rainier National Park/North Cascades National Park

Each of the national parks has a pass to visit the park. They are usually $15.00/car and they are valid for a week. There are also $30.00 annual passes to individual parks. This is handy if you reside close to an individual park, and think it is unlikely you will visit the others. However, they are all amazing and why limit yourself? Which is why there is the…

America the Beautiful

The greatest pass of them all. This pass is $80.00 annually and covers all national parks, national wildlife refuges and covers the NW Forest Pass for WA. This is an awesome pass if you plan on leaving WA to explore other national parks. If you had to purchase an annual pass for each national park and a NW Forest Pass it would cost double the price of the America the Beautiful Pass. Plus it feels patriotic in the best of ways. My annual set-up is an America the Beautiful and sometimes an annual Discover Pass if we end up doing one of the hikes that require it. Some dayhikes that use America the Beautiful pass on this site are Glacier Basin and Summerland and Panhandle Gap (plus all of the hikes with the NW forest pass).

No Passes! Anarchy!

There are trails in WA that don’t require any pass. Places like Discovery Park in Seattle has some sweet trails and is 100% free. It might feel frustrating to pay money to go to the woods, but these wilderness areas have been hit with repeated budget cuts. Taxes + passes do not come anywhere near the actual costs to keep these wilderness areas available to the public. Northwest forest passes are only required in places with a developed facility like a toilet. I have recreated in areas without toilets and 100% I will buy a pass every year if it means there are toilets at the trailhead. I love these wild areas and even if I may not use an annual pass enough to make it “worth it”, I think there is tremendous value in supporting these areas.

9. Print a topo map and save instructions to your phone, tell someone where you are going.

Often guidebooks have simplified maps, but when you are heading on the trail, a topographic map is necessary. A topo map will show elevation, the trail and significant features. There are many excellent paper maps, and I usually purchase a green map for each national park because we use them so often, but I always turn to caltopo. Caltopo is an awesome online mapmaker that allows you to make a pdf of individual areas. You can zoom in as close as you like, or zoom it out really far. I like two views, one for route-finding on the trail, and a view that shows more of the surrounding area in case I was off-trail and attempting to survive. I like to print a copy of each map for every person in my hiking group and make sure each of us has a copy on our phones.

In addition, I like to download the WTA descriptions of the hike. Most of the time, the map is sufficient, but it can be nice to have a description as well. If I am taking new hikers on the trail, I usually print the trail description, but at this point, I rarely reference it after I leave the car. But that might partly be because I read it about 60 times before going to bed the night before.

Lastly, make sure someone knows where you are going. There are a bunch of templates to fill out, but the basics are to tell someone where you are going and when you should be home. Make sure to tell them the trailhead, your car and if you are really on top of your game, text them a photo of you before you leave with your hiking gear on. Rescue teams need to tell rescuers what to look for and if someone at home knows the color of your jacket and beanie, that can help.

10. Hike your hike baby!

You have done all the work for a safe and enjoyable hike! This does not guarantee anything, as the only true thing about hiking is that everything can change, but at least you set yourself up for success. Enjoy the incredible experiences Washington has to offer, you won’t regret it! See you on the trail!

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How to choose a hiking trip in Washington Hello, lovely hiking friends. Today I thought I would walk you through the steps I take when planning a day hiking trip in Washington State.

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Fire danger high across much of Colorado Tuesday

Fire conditions will be ripe throughout the much the state Tuesday afternoon with gusty winds and low humidity. The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for the afternoon and into the early evening hours. West to southwest winds will increase across the plains, and gusts to 50 mph are possible in higher terrain, with gusts up to 40 mph at lower elevations, according to the NWS.…

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NWS: Elevated danger for field fires tomorrow - 10/11/2022

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NWS: Elevated danger for field fires tomorrow - 10/11/2022

The National Weather Service has issued a Special Weather Statement warning of an elevated danger for field fires tomorrow, October 10, 2022.

#Fort Wayne Indiana #National Weather Service Northern Indiana #NWS Elevated Fire Danger Warning #NWS Special Weather Statement

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NWS: Elevated Fire Danger this afternoon and early evening

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NWS: Elevated Fire Danger this afternoon and early evening

The National Weather Service has issued a Special Weather Statement warning of an Elevated Fire Danger this afternoon and early evening.

#Fort Wayne Indiana #National Weather Service Northern Indiana #NWS Elevated Fire Danger #Special Weather Statement

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NWS: Elevated Fire Danger this afternoon

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NWS: Elevated Fire Danger this afternoon

The National Weather Service warns there is an Elevated Fire Danger this afternoon and to avoid or use caution during any outdoor burning.

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Drier than usual conditions have some meteorologists concerned about the Santa Ana wind event projected to affect much of Southern California by the middle of this week.

While these wind events are not atypical for the region this time of the year, there is usually some December rain to help provide a little moisture, said Kathy Hoxsie, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Los Angeles.

“This is particularly concerning because our area is so dry,” Hoxsie said. “It’s not only so dry now, it will be even drier when these winds come through.”

With a high pressure system currently over the Great Basin, Santa Ana wind conditions are projected to begin ramping back up on Tuesday evening, Hoxsie said. Red flag fire warning conditions are expected to be in place Wednesday through Friday, with Thursday having the strongest chance for hazardous wind conditions, said Brandt Maxwell, meteorologist with the NWS in San Diego.

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Weather Forecast: Possible mod-strong Santa Ana winds are in the forecast which would bring Red Flag conditions btw Wed & Fri! #santaana #cawind #socal #verydry #sendrain pic.twitter.com/JEwOWoq71z

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Maxwell said that while the wind event “probably” won’t be as strong as the system on Thanksgiving, dry vegetation conditions pose “very dangerous” fire weather conditions.

“You’ve got very low humidity, with 10 percent humidity or less in some of the mountain areas,” Maxwell said. “Generally (the fire concerns are) the areas where you have the strongest wind gusts, such as places below the Cajon Pass, along I-10 through Banning and the San Gorgonio Pass.”

Hoxsie said that NWS Los Angeles is expecting to see the strongest wind gusts affect the Santa Clarita Valley, the west side of the San Fernando Valley as well as mountain and canyon regions.

“Right now we’re looking at 25-45 mph wind gusts,” Hoxsie said. “We’re confident there will at least be moderate strength (wind gusts), but if this gets stronger, we could see stronger winds that can be 50-65 mph.”

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Chilly nights for the next couple of days along with elevated fire weather conditions. We continue to track another #SantaAna wind event slated for the middle and end of the week. #cawx #planahead pic.twitter.com/F7Qmj0w8yA

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Hoxsie said that it was difficult to forecast whether the wind conditions would be moderate versus strong. She explained that an upper low-pressure system is dropping down out of Canada, which could push the winds at a steeper gradient than usual, depending on how far to the west the system moves.

Through the remainder of the year, chances for any additional moisture are “not looking good” either, Maxwell said.

In the meantime, Monday’s highs are projected to be 77 degrees in Anaheim and Downtown Los Angeles, 75 degrees in Ontario and 78 degrees in Corona.

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-on November 29, 2020 at 09:18AM by Quinn Wilson

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