1000 acres per calfire. Resources from Los Padres..
DIV5LPF, H527 SMOD, CRW3 SMOD
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The VIIRS is picking up some decent heat signatures and these is smoke visible on the NOAA satellite images.
South Ops just updated the acres to 1,200, crews doing some defensive firing ops.
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Gale force winds are forecast for this afternoon
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Visible smoke column- NOAA
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Good thing it’s wrapped in wet line already… crazy idea by that boat operator.
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Just looking at the VIIRS heat signatures looks like it is progressing east along the southern coast of the island.
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Whata time for the marine layer to call in scared for work!? 
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There might not be much of a marine layer because of the north west wind. When it blows this hard it scours out the clouds.
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Looks like Cal Fire 641 is over the fire now. Is that the intel ship or a AA trainer or both? He’s at an intel mission altitude.
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Copy that! Scouring out indeed! The GOES view of the So Cal Bight today is a neat-o illustration of some really cool processes & influences at work!
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641 was the Intel ship today, N44NC was the AA.
5690 acres now.
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Had a similar fire under dry NW flow on Catalina Island back in 2006. Burned over 4000 acres in 4 hours. Used some fixed wing drops and two Type 1 copters.
I don’t recall if Santa Rosa Island has any fire history ?
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Not much that’s been recorded, largest I’m seeing is '01 Ford Point at 36 acres
SBC Fire History
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10025 acres per WD.
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Thinking / Pondering..
If this had started on the NW / Mainland side of the island it might have gone off in a single burn period with this wind event! Perhaps 1.5 burn periods..
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Did a short livestream on the fire.
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