#WildcatFire
Wow, the #WildcatFire is burning so extreme, it just produced a lightning strike. #wawx #wawildfire
September 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
A couple photos from up near the #WildcatFire today with @seattlewxguy.bsky.social! #wawx
September 2, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Here we go… #wawx #WildcatFire
September 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The #WildcatFire, as seen from Crystal Mountain summit cam. #wawx #wawildfire
September 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Nice storm over the #WildcatFire right now, hopefully bringing some much needed rain without too much lightning! #wawx
September 7, 2025 at 3:37 AM
WOW…we’ve got lightning in the #WildcatFire now. This is a pyrocumulonimbus cloud, and the fire is rapidly growing. Extraordinary. #wawx
September 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Wow, the #WildcatFire is burning so extreme, it just produced a lightning strike. #wawx #wawildfire
September 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Blurry phone photo of the #WildcatFire pyrocumulus cloud and a barren Mt. Rainier as seen from northern Bainbridge Island around 6:10 PM Saturday. #wawx
September 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Large smoke plume from the #WildcatFire viewed from I-90 in Ellensburg. #wawx
September 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
#WildcatFire back at it again... #wawx #wawildfire
September 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
5:40 PM view from the Crystal Mountain live camera. The #WildcatFire is showing very active fire behavior, with a pyrocumulus cloud ongoing for 3+ hours. The fire is listed at 1,000 acres, but is likely far larger than that now. #wawx
September 1, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Really worrying to see the #Wildcatfire headed towards the the PCT and Chinook Pass - I hate to see this one explode in one of my favorite places in the Cascades. We need rain ASAP. #wawx
September 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
We’re seeing pyrocumulus plumes off the #WildcatFire, east of Mt. Rainier, and the #LaborMountainFire, north of Cle Elum this Friday afternoon. Some of this smoke, blowing NW, is rapidly degrading AQI around parts of Seattle and Lake Washington. #wawx
September 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
3:40 PM view of the #WildcatFire pyrocumulonimbus cloud from Federal Way, 55 miles NW of the fire. Radar estimating it at 38,000 feet. Extraordinary. #wawx
September 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Sobering view from the Crystal Mountain summit webcam at 7:10 PM Tuesday, as the #WildcatFire explodes with a pyrocumulus cloud and has now grown to 2,200 acres, an increase of 1,000 acres since Monday. #wawx
September 3, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Unfortunately, it appears the heavier rain totals missed the #WildcatFire. #wawx #wawildfire
September 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This is what happens when you have days of thunderstorms in the Cascades & NE WA. 5 current plumes, from west to east:

#BearGulchFire: 9,387 acres
#WildcatFire: 1,273 acres
#LowerSugarloafFire: 100 acres
#RattlesnakeFire: 4,105 acres
#CrownCreekFire: 4,390 acres

#wawx #wildfire
September 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
A view of the #WildcatFire producing a pyrocumulus cloud this afternoon, on the 1:40 PM Crystal Mountain summit camera shot. The fire is producing clouds estimated by radar to be 26,000 feet high. #wawx
August 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This is no typical anvil cloud, it’s the anvil cloud from unusual pyrocumulonimbus activity stemming from the #WildcatFire.

Current view from Cle Elum, WA #wawx
September 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Impressive pyrocumulus on the #WildcatFire Wednesday afternoon. #wawx #wawildfire
September 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
#WildcatFire, #BearGulchFire, #LowerSugarloafFire, and #CrownCreekFire/#BlackhawkMountainFire all burning actively this afternoon. This doesn't even include #KatyCreekFire, #TacomaCreekFire, #RattlesnakeFire, or #Perry Fire.
Read the latest WA Smoke Blog for more info ➡️ wasmoke.blogspot.com
#wawx
September 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Caught a glimpse of the #WildcatFire off of SR-410 earlier this evening as the full moon rose behind Tahtlum Peak #wawx
September 6, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Drone shot on the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 2nd, as the smoke plume from the #WildcatFire blew north over Cle Elum. The fire would go on to grow over 3,000 acres in the ensuing 24 hours. #wawx
September 9, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Looks like the #WildcatFire is producing a large smoke plume that is visible on radar. This fire is just east of Chinook Pass & Mount Rainier. At last update, this fire was 259 acres and growing. #wawx
August 31, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Así se veía el estado de Washington🇺🇸 desde el GOES-19 ayer a última hora de la tarde. Totalmente cubierto por el humo de decenas de incendios forestales. Destaca el inmenso pirocumulonimbus #PyroCb del #WildcatFire que podría perfectamente haber alcanzado los 13K metros de altitud:
September 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM