The Bleeding Edge

We have a new official fire outline this morning from Cal Fire: The lighter red is the 8/3 fire area, and the darker portions indicate the fire advance up to midnight last night. Taking a closer look: Some fairly large expansions of the southern border. There … [Read more...]

I've got VIIRS high resolution data for today: In the west: We don't see the spotting that the MODIS passes apparently showed, but there is definate advancement towards the southeast. In the Cachagua area: The activity to the south seems to have slowed … [Read more...]

I got a new set of MODIS data from what appears to be the first of today's midday passes, even though the second one happened some time ago. Let's look at the west side first: That big move to the south and east is a surprise. Is MODIS off here? We'll know when we … [Read more...]

Here's the growth of the fire yesterday, using two sets of Google Earth polygons, one from last night and one from the night before. It's hard to tell what is the result of wildfire, and what is the result of back burns, sinee it now looks like some pack burns are within … [Read more...]

This afternoon's MODIS data sets were just posted: I'll zoom in on the new activity: I think there are three classes of hot spots. Those that are probably wildfire: Those that are probably back burns: And those that could be either: The … [Read more...]