Megafires are cranking in Central Chile. VIIRs imagery at 2/4/23 05:30GMT.
Purple areas are eucalyptus and radiata pine plantations.
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228800 acres measured with heat hits for the largest fire.
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Ugh
Eucalyptus plantations
ALL BAD
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I did some mapping of the wildfires in Chile today. As of 0530 GMT on 2/4/23, the fires had burned about 500,000 acres (orange). By 1700 GMT, they have grown to 595,000 acres (red)
. Purple areas are tree plantations.
Source: NOAA VIIRs satellite data.
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In the past 24 hours, satellite-based estimates based on NASA FIRMS data indicate that the largest fire spread 80 kilometers (50 miles) west and northwest, impacting an area of nearly 100,000 hectares (230,000 acres). The fires appear to have spread from Renaico northwest toward the Pacific Coast city of Lota, while burning past Santa Juana and likely crossing north over the Biobío River.
Chile: Wildfires intensify, disaster impacts expand
Mirador Nacimiento, Chile, 2017
24h forecast…7am Monday…up to 35 mph northerlies through Laja - Nacimiento - Los Angeles. 88 degrees, 53% humidity in Los Angeles.
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Interesting the official acreage number is 99,000 acres. Looks closer to 600,000 using VIIRs and MODIS data.
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In the past 5 days, the Chile wildfires have grown about 250k acres and now cover about 800k acres (325k hectares). About 60% of the burned area (485k acres) is tree plantations (including 270k acres of radiata pine, and 200k acres of eucalyptus).
The most explosive fire growth has been in areas which were fairly contiguous tree plantations. Purple areas are burned plantations. 2/9/23
Landcover data from 2013-2016 from CONAF (Chilean Forest Service). Fire perimeters from VIIRs satellite data.
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