Thread by @barkflight

#CalfCanyonFire this morning is 279,868 acres and 27% contained. There are 1,924 personnel on the fire.

@NMFireInfo says the fire will be active today, but calmer winds will keep it from growing significantly. It has crossed the crest at Elk Mountain and is moving into an old fire scar. Lots of smoke from this area today.

nmfireinfo.com/2022/05/14/her…

Predictive Services: a large trough of low pressure next week could bring "several days of dry, windy conditions with critical fire weather conditions" once again. (Outlook issued yesterday.)

gacc.nifc.gov/swcc/predictiv…

#CalfCanyonFire morning update:

— Lots of people working in the 518 corridor on the way into Taos County. They are thinning fuels around homes and completing other structure prep activities.
— Continuing to prep landscape and homes in the Chacon/121 corridor.

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— Copters will drop water up north on 434 to help firefight around Guadalupita and Sierra Bonita. FFs want to keep the fire in higher terrain in the area.
— Crews will improve line put in from the #CooksPeakFire to the 120.

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— "Things are getting better every day" east of Pecos. Air tankers dropped a ton of retardant here yesterday. These drops aren't as effective in country with close canopies, tall trees, and very thick vegetation because retardant won't make it to the ground.

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— Todd Abel, ops section chief, explained the blue line here is a "primary" line for holding the fire. The turquoise line is a secondary, fallback line. "This doesn't mean it will make it out there," he said.