We've got new MODIS data as of noon today, both radiative power and hotspots by age. The southern part of the fire is growing to the east. All the new hot spots are low intensity, as indicated by the radiative power map: Don't worry about that green dot on the lower … [Read more...]

Overnight, the southern part of the fire moved eastward a bit, The formerly isolated hotspot south of White Rock is expanding. There is a new one south of that. There is still activity near Rancho San Carlos Road. Dark red spots are less than six hours old. Lighter red … [Read more...]

Here's a different way to look at the fire with MODIS data. Instead of just having a binary indication of fire or no fire at a certain location, this Fire Radiative Power (FRP) plot uses colors from violet (weakest) to red (strongest) to categorize the signals it's … [Read more...]

We had a MODIS update around noon, and the only new hot spot outside the old fire perimeter is in the southern part of the fire. Dark red spots are less than six hours old. Lighter red less than 12 hours. Orange spots less than 24 hours. Yellow spots show fire activity for the … [Read more...]

Six am report. The news is not good. Overnight, the fire made widespread advances eastward. Buildings in Rancho San Carlos are threatened in several places, as is White Rock, though from a greater distance. There is also a hot spot near the coast, where activity has been low … [Read more...]