CA-BTU-Dixie?

California & Hawaii Hotlist Questions and Discussion
#1265

We all need to be saving this data and satellite animation for the next S190-S590 classes. Bookmark and save. Unfortunately dire frontal passage

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#1266

Looks like the wind flow changes somewhere between 9 and 10 pm to be more of a N by NW direction.
This is anticipated wind direction for the area about 10 pm . looks to hold that direction till mid morning tomorrow when it changes direction again. Wind speed at 10 M above ground has anticipated winds at calm to 5 mph with occasional gusts to 15- Mph.

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#1267

Well that explains the sudden oblique Right turn The Dixie just took. Watch all those Right flanks!

#1268

Doesn’t look good for the Penninsula.

#1269

Finally just turned Indian Ridge camera toward Crescent Mills.
Doesn’t look good for north town around Pioneer rd.
Fire above town to the west as well.

http://www.alertwildfire.org/shastamodoc/index.html?camera=Axis-IndianRidge&v=fd40731

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#1271

It doesn’t look all that good for anything up there… Gonna be another tough night . This is like some bad movie that keeps going

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#1273

New IR data as of 1925 hours:

https://ftp.wildfire.gov/public/incident_specific_data/calif_n/!CALFIRE/!2021_Incidents/CA-BTU-009205_Dixie/IR/CourtneyIntel/20210805/1925PDT/

Looks like Courtney Aviation has been mapping this every couple of hours… someone who knows what they’re doing could make a really disturbing fire progression animation from that data.

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#1275

none of the links uploads. must not work w/o some program to make it so

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#1276

open the kmz file in google earth

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#1277

Hearing CF IMT 3 will be taking the North Zone of the fire.

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#1278

you need to download google earth

#1279

Also will overlay in Avenza if you’ve downloaded the appropriate incident map into Avenza

#1280

my rough estimate with Google earth :tired_face:

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#1281

Where might one find said incident map?

#1283

The FTP site has all the maps and such

#1285

Just curious, any idea why is the Indian Ridge camera showing the fire as purple?

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#1286

INFRARED IMAGES…

#1287

Most likely there is just enough light energy on the fire to turn the camera into day mode. Violet being the longest light wave, which is just enough to trigger the camera into day mode.

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#1288

Thanks for answering that. I appreciate it!

#1289

Hopefully, that is mostly correct. Physics was many years and beers ago.

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