The Bleeding Edge

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...]

On the MODIS front, there is good news and bad news if you're in Cachagua: The good news is that there was no new heat found at all near the General Store: The bad news is that the south-central portion of the fire continues to move east: All but one of the … [Read more...]

I have the results of last night's aerial infrared survey: The legend is in the upper left corner. This is not as current as the MODIS and VIIRS data that I posted earlier, but it is much more detailed, and certainly more accurate. See all those red dots? They're isolated … [Read more...]

The new official Cal Fire perimeter map, as compared to yesterday's: For the first time, the perimeter has gotten smaller in some places. There was one place yesterday that was so far out of line with the VIIRS data that it had to be an error, and my guess is the other … [Read more...]

We've got results from the first MODIS pass of this afternoon: [High-res VIIRS data is in this post too, down towards the bottom.] Here's what I think we're looking at. Look for the red circles: I make those identifications not through any knowledge of … [Read more...]