The Bleeding Edge

[0900: VIIRS data added below.] The news is unequivocally good. First, the Cal Fire fire perimeter data for last night and the night before,  overlaid on each other. Zooming in on the west, where things looked pretty exciting -- and not in a good way -- yesterday … [Read more...]

I just got back from the SF Bay area and I'm exhausted, but I will post today's VIIRS and MODIS data without comment. VIIRS: West: East: MODIS: West: East:   … [Read more...]

Last night's official fire outline compared to the night before: We see significant expansion in the west towards the village of Big Sur   Last night aerial infrared map, with legend in upper left corner: Looking at the western part of the fire. … [Read more...]

We now have new MODIS data: It looks a lot like the VIIRS data from the previous post, except lower resolution. Zooming in: The same areas that were worrisome before are still that way. I hope the hotspots near the General Store are back burns. [Added … [Read more...]

Here is last night's aerial infrared survey: Enlarging the area near Cachagua: Here's last night's and the night before's Cal Fire outlines: Zooming in: Modest enlargement is visible. The greatest fire area gain is the filling in between the two arms … [Read more...]