The Bleeding Edge

The new aerial data looks more like what we hav been seeing, making yesterday's abnormally quiet map an outlier, and, while not necessarily an error, at least mapped by different standards that we've become used to: In the west, we can see the result of yesterday's big … [Read more...]

I've got freash MODIS and VIIRS data this afternoon. I'll show you the MODIS data first, but, if you're in a hurry, I suggest you skip it and go right to the VIIRS data below it. I'll give you my comments referencing the VIIRS maps. Pretty impressive show of heat in … [Read more...]

Today, after a two day gap, we have aerial infrared data. And we have not seen such low activity in a long time. In the west: In the east: There are hardly any areas labeled has intense, However, there's a caveat. Because of the cloud cover, the plane was … [Read more...]

Note: more VIIRS and MODIS data has been added below. No aerial IR data again today. Here's last night's official Cal Fire outline, overlaid on the night before's: In the west, the expansion is mostly away from structures: In the east, the gradual push to the … [Read more...]

There was a MODIS pass at 1:40 PDT. If the server is working right, it didn't find any fire. There is another MODIS pass later the afternoon, and a VIIRS pass as well. I'll add those to this post as I get the data. I don't think we're going to get aerial IR data from last night. … [Read more...]