Smoky skies abound above California from the Delta Fire which began on September 05, 2018 and was human-caused. This fire is located two miles north of Lakehead, California and is currently 62,504 acres and is now 98% contained. The area that is burning and creating the smoke is that area that is mostly inside the containment lines. On the main Delta and Hirz fires the interior unburned pockets of fuel will continue to burn, creating visible smoke that may be seen from prominent locations. Crews are reopening contingency lines previously built for the Carr fire. Firefighters will continue to contain the spot fires to the South West of the main Delta Fire. Reburn of areas may occur due to freshly fallen needles and leaves ignite within the fire perimeter.
Local weather conditions will remain very dry and warm over the next couple of days as California remains under an upper level high pressure system. Winds will remain light with low afternoon humidity and poor overnight recovery.
NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Worldview application provides the capability to interactively browse over 700 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and then download the underlying data. Many of the available imagery layers are updated within three hours of observation, essentially showing the entire Earth as it looks “right now.” This satellite image was collected on September 27, 2018. Actively burning fires, detected by thermal bands, are shown as red points. Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Caption: Lynn Jenner with information from Inciweb.