Park Hearth, California | VISIT: Meteorological Interpretation Weblog

The Park Hearth in California initiated two weeks in the past and parts of the hearth perimeter are nonetheless ablaze on the time of this weblog entry. As of seven August 2024, the Park Hearth has burned 420,000 plus acres and is simply 34% p.c contained (per InciWeb). The JPSS SNPP VIIRS Day Hearth RGB and the VIIRS Hearth Temperature RGB imagery noticed the Park Hearth on 6 August 2024 at 20:40Z.

The Day Hearth RGB reveals the in depth burn scar (reddish brown colours) produced by the Park Hearth, together with energetic hearth hotspots (seen in pink colours) and the corresponding smoke plume (blue-grey colours). The VIIRS Hearth Temperature RGB may also be employed for hearth detection and supplies a qualitative estimate of fireside depth. Within the Hearth Temperature RGB imagery, pink pixels point out ‘heat’ fires, orange pixels are designated as ‘very heat’ fires, yellow pixels are ‘sizzling’ fires, and white pixels are ‘very intense’ fires. On the northeast periphery of the Park Hearth, a mixture of yellow and white pixels could be seen, indicating that sizzling and really intense fires are current. The VIIRS Day Hearth RGB is at a 375-m spatial decision, whereas the VIIRS Hearth Temperature RGB is at 750-m.

A daytime VIIRS Day Hearth RGB animation of the fast hearth unfold, smoke, energetic fires and burn scar could be seen under. The daytime animation spans two weeks, from 24 July 2024 to five August 2024.