CA-BTU-Dixie?

[jhiggins]

still north of hiway 36 it appears

[Theengineer]

Susanville has 2 burn scars (the Sheep and hog fires) from last year protecting a majority of the west side of it.

[WT3]

Any update? Did it make it to the Penninsula?

[scoutcamper]

Dixe Fire Scanner is up and running this morning on broadcastify under butte county. This only has west zone command traffic on it, nothing else competing for airtime: Dixie Fire West Zone

[Theengineer]

The last live stream I saw at 4 am it was just north of 36 and they had a ton of engines lined up on 36 to hold it. Lots of single tree torching but no crazy fire.

[pyrogeography]

2am VIIRS maps:

Commentary here:
https://the-lookout.org/2021/08/12/8-12-2021-evening/

[FireBrother]

Zeke if you look at the VIIRS 375M S-NPP, I feel like it gives a little bit better accuracy on those layover spots.

[pyrogeography]

What’s your favorite site for that data?

[FireBrother]

I am using this site for KMLs:
https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/active_fire/#firms-kml

[BTUFirewife]

IR maps as of 8:05am 8/13/21 recently uploaded here:

https://ftp.wildfire.gov/public/incident_specific_data/calif_n/!CALFIRE/!2021_Incidents/CA-BTU-009205_Dixie/IR/CourtneyIntel/20210813/

[RetiredFSFireCop]

Breaking News on KCRA (Sacramento) noon news: Repopulation of Chester set for today has been cancelled , due to fire activity on the Dixie.

[lassen]

Yea they also put out a last call for holdouts in Pine Town, Westwood and Clear Creek to leave ASAP. that was at noon today

[pyrogeography]

The weather satellite is showing buildup at almost the identical rate as yesterday. Not a meteorologist, but it doesn’t seem unlikely we are going to see a similar round of chaos this afternoon. Things were pretty much fully capped out at 1800 yesterday.

In related news, I just posted some satellite images captured yesterday showing fire severity. You can see how well the cumulus were developed at 12:00 hrs,and interesting to check out what the West Zone of the fire was up to at noon yesterday before things went to hell.
https://the-lookout.org/2021/08/13/dixie-fire-severity-8-12-2021/

If you want to do a side-by-side geek-out on the evolution of today’s cumulus buildup vs yesterday’s here are two links.
Yesterday’s GOES-17
Today’s GOES-17
15:00 update - if anything, the cumulus buildup seems to be a little ahead today of where it was at this time yesterday. There is a cell building over Mt. Harkness, which pretty much looms over where the fire is burning at A-13 and Hwy 36.

Updated IR maps from today’s 8am flight: Dixie Fire – 8/13/2021 Morning – The Lookout

[FireBrother]

Things are heating up in the direction of 36/A13.

[pyrogeography]

That damn FLIR stuff is gonna scar me for life. Not sure I needed to see Westwood burn down in sickly tones of purple, yellow, and flame.

[FireBrother]

PyroCum over the fire and the cell to the south east are starting to kick out energy. Flashes being reported on GOES.

[mesocyclone]

Mostly/completely in-cloud lightning strikes in the smoke plume/pyroCb for now, but I suspect that will likely change in the next hour or so.

[FireBrother]

The cell over Davis Lake is going to be problematic for the east side if it holds together. Weather stations in the Loyalton/Beckwourth area were reporting winds near 40mph as the storm pushed through.

[Myskiesgray]

Came down to Susanville from 36/A13 about two hours ago and fire activity was picking up. In Susanville right now and winds are starting to push.

[Jimw360]

I’ve heard mention of the “north arm” can anyone tell me where that is