39,458 acres per Ops map
Can you post a link?
Some really interesting dynamics on the Deadwood cameras this morning. Is the 15 minute time lapse showing column collapse right around sunrise?
http://www.alertwildfire.org/sierra/index.html?camera=Axis-Deadwood2&v=81e004f
Definitely looks like it
Types of Plume Dominated Fires. There are two general types of plume dominated fires:
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A plume dominated fire in heavy fuels can make a fast uphill run. This situation occurred on the Butte Fire in the Wallace Creek drainage in 1985 when the fire suddenly ran uphill and trapped 73 firefighters in fire shelters on the ridgeline for one and a half hours. Hotshot crews nearby who had been monitoring falling relative humidities with periodic weather observations retreated to a large clearcut and were entirely safe.
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When the fire runs into lighter fuels the column can collapse, causing a downward rushing of air in every direction and spreading fire rapidly outward.
Either one of these events is especially threatening to personnel because the escalation of fire behavior is sudden and difficult to predict.
Additional Threats from a Plume Dominated Fire. The downward rush of air from a collapsing column can break off large trees and create hazardous turbulence for aircraft. People in Yellowstone in 1988 experienced trees breaking and falling all around them; and an aircraft experienced a descent of several hundred feet. These events were due to a collapsing column.
Any idea on how to save a video segment from these cams? Don’t want to distract too much from the thread with this…hoping it’s an easy one
Very impressive…I hope all are safe!
Band 7 from GEOS you can actually watch the column collapse.
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G17§or=psw&band=07&length=24
Do a screen recording while watching the video . I tried to upload mine for you but it says file not supported.
Wow. Current fire situation / conditions are borderline ridiculous.
Deadwood 1 & 2 Time lapse of collapse
Outstanding visual of effects
The map gives you an idea of the tree Mortality In the region.
The hippus-lipidii! Welcome Mike!
Has the fire made it to the Shaver Point area yet? We have a cabin there and no way of knowing what’s going on.
I don’t know. Not in the area, and with such a huge plume on the fire overnight, it is hard for me to know how accurate the satellite heat detections are. At 3am, it was on the edge of the heat detections, but it is in the zone I would throw out as suspect without confirmation.