Gilahina Fire UPD: Rising temperatures prompt warning
Posted by KCHU at 6/7/2011 5:24 PM 
Categories: Wrangell-St. Elias News, Copper River Valley News, McCarthy News
Categories: Wrangell-St. Elias News, Copper River Valley News, McCarthy News
by Tony Gorman
The weather in the Copper River Basin is starting to heat up again. The Alaska Interagency Coordination Center issued a Red Flag Warning, Tuesday, for the region after several days of cool, wet weather slowed the Gilahina wildfire at the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Temperatures rose to 60 degrees and a humidity drop to 31 percent prompted the decision. Despite the change in temperatures, the fire continues to show little activity.
The Whiskeytown Wildfire Module is monitoring the lightning-caused blaze that has burned over 1,200 acres of Wrangell-St. Elias since last Monday.
The weather in the Copper River Basin is starting to heat up again. The Alaska Interagency Coordination Center issued a Red Flag Warning, Tuesday, for the region after several days of cool, wet weather slowed the Gilahina wildfire at the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Temperatures rose to 60 degrees and a humidity drop to 31 percent prompted the decision. Despite the change in temperatures, the fire continues to show little activity.
The Whiskeytown Wildfire Module is monitoring the lightning-caused blaze that has burned over 1,200 acres of Wrangell-St. Elias since last Monday.
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