Of note to the Katoomba airfield mob. A fire started at Mt York and has now crossed the Darling Causeway and Railway line at Mt Victoria and is just about to enter the Grose Valley west of Blackheath.
I think smoke is going to be an issue for a week or so.
I could see the plume yesterday arvo on the way home from work on the horizon, making its own cumulus. Not the biggest I've seen from here but its up there. The fire front this morning apparently stretches 30k x 8 k from Marangaroo to Bilpin.
I started watching the RFS incident map page yesterday. It was scary to see how many fires developed all across the state yesterday.
That Lithgow fire as stretched overnight and shows as covering a huge area towards richmond. If the wind changes that's going to make a huge front. That's scary.
That Lithgow fire as stretched overnight and shows as covering a huge area towards richmond. If the wind changes that's going to make a huge front. That's scary.
RFS has it getting towards 25000 hectares burnt by this morning. They won't want the wind to switch to anything from the north or west.
RFS has it getting towards 25000 hectares burnt by this morning. They won't want the wind to switch to anything from the north or west.
The band is clearly visible on today's sat map from West to East. Unfortunately the wind shift forecast to date is for N/NE. That's the worst case scenario. It's going to blow on it at a right angle and could bring it all down south along its whole width.
