Meteorologist ClicheVortex2014 Posted September 9, 2022 Meteorologist Share Posted September 9, 2022 The Northwest is on fire. It's that time of year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators StretchCT Posted September 9, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted September 9, 2022 When is this ending? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators StretchCT Posted September 9, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted September 9, 2022 This one by Tahoe looks big. Just one of the cameras. The timelapse is unreal. https://www.alertwildfire.org/region/tahoe/?camera=Axis-Auburn1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators StretchCT Posted September 9, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted September 9, 2022 (edited) this is the fire in previous post the mosquito fir Edited September 9, 2022 by StretchCT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators StretchCT Posted September 9, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted September 9, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators StretchCT Posted September 9, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted September 9, 2022 One more that looks tornadic https://twitter.com/robmayeda/status/1568073676884709376?s=21&t=lOP9rzH0FY0cetUBf1GUhA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceresistance Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 12 hours ago, StretchCT said: One more that looks tornadic https://twitter.com/robmayeda/status/1568073676884709376?s=21&t=lOP9rzH0FY0cetUBf1GUhA A firestorm Supercell! RUN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteorologist ClicheVortex2014 Posted September 9, 2022 Meteorologist Share Posted September 9, 2022 Another time lapse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteorologist ClicheVortex2014 Posted September 9, 2022 Meteorologist Share Posted September 9, 2022 (edited) It's a shame extreme wildfires are so incredibly damaging because this is essentially looking at a rotating updraft timelapse and it's fascinating Edited September 9, 2022 by ClicheVortex2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1816 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 1 hour ago, ClicheVortex2014 said: It's a shame extreme wildfires are so incredibly damaging because this is essentially looking at a rotating updraft timelapse and it's fascinating Counterpoint: are we literally looking at the gates of hell? Is it finally the end times? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators StretchCT Posted September 9, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted September 9, 2022 Pretty big fire right now in Oregon too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteorologist ClicheVortex2014 Posted September 9, 2022 Meteorologist Share Posted September 9, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, StretchCT said: Pretty big fire right now in Oregon too. Looks like it's spreading/getting worse Edited September 9, 2022 by ClicheVortex2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators StretchCT Posted September 9, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted September 9, 2022 (edited) Pretty good overview how bad it is out west right now. Active fires marked with red flame symbol. "Hot" areas are the orange circles. https://zoom.earth/#view=43.29,-125.72,6z/map=live/overlays=heat,fires Edited September 9, 2022 by StretchCT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteorologist ClicheVortex2014 Posted September 9, 2022 Meteorologist Share Posted September 9, 2022 Very interesting to see a new fire explode and some of the smoke got temporarily diverted to the east. Wonder what happened there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteorologist ClicheVortex2014 Posted September 10, 2022 Meteorologist Share Posted September 10, 2022 Unreal to see this. Wildfires ongoing in northern California and Oregon while a tropical storm is approaching southern California. The smoke from the Oregon fires is even getting sucked into the tropical storm. I mean, all things considered, there's nowhere else on Earth where this juxtaposition could happen. The Southern Plains is a valid argument but to get wildfires like this, you need strong winds, heat, and a drought. I don't think wildfires are too common for most of the hurricane season there. And since you need strong winds to really help create such wildfires, it's gonna be hard to get a TC to follow a pattern conducive to wildfire spread. It may have happened before, but I have doubts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteorologist ClicheVortex2014 Posted September 10, 2022 Meteorologist Share Posted September 10, 2022 The situation hasn't improved any... might've actually gotten worse but the amount of smoke being produced is far worse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted September 10, 2022 Admin Share Posted September 10, 2022 18 hours ago, ClicheVortex2014 said: Very interesting to see a new fire explode and some of the smoke got temporarily diverted to the east. Wonder what happened there. Looks like it's at a higher altitude. Could it have punched into the stratosphere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteorologist ClicheVortex2014 Posted September 10, 2022 Meteorologist Share Posted September 10, 2022 2 hours ago, MaineJay said: Looks like it's at a higher altitude. Could it have punched into the stratosphere? That makes sense but the estimated current environment shows that, if it was in the stratosphere, the plume would be moving mostly easterly. Currently it's spreading northeasterly. So it's certainly in the upper troposphere... maybe around 400mb/7-8km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteorologist ClicheVortex2014 Posted September 10, 2022 Meteorologist Share Posted September 10, 2022 (edited) Getting some brief pyrocumulus for the first time with this fire (as far as I'm aware)... so it's certainly getting worse. Very not surprised that this pyrocumulus followed after a local burst in fire activity. Edited September 10, 2022 by ClicheVortex2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteorologist ClicheVortex2014 Posted September 11, 2022 Meteorologist Share Posted September 11, 2022 (edited) A new fire is currently producing pyrocumulus. This one looks more impressive than the other one. Edited September 11, 2022 by ClicheVortex2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteorologist ClicheVortex2014 Posted September 11, 2022 Meteorologist Share Posted September 11, 2022 Pyrocumulus continues to grow, doesn't compare to the earlier pyrocumulus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1816 Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 I appreciate the coverage of these fires on here. I can't help but think about how the perception of the fires is affected by the population density and land usage we currently have out west. Fires are beyond normal and they are an Integral part of keeping the ecosystem healthy. But they have been artificially suppressed for many years to accommodate our habitat and towns and so now the waters are so muddied who can say how much of this is necessary and good versus how much is "evil" climate change. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteorologist ClicheVortex2014 Posted September 11, 2022 Meteorologist Share Posted September 11, 2022 (edited) Easily the most well defined pyrocumulus of this fire 30 minutes ago, 1816 said: I appreciate the coverage of these fires on here. I can't help but think about how the perception of the fires is affected by the population density and land usage we currently have out west. Fires are beyond normal and they are an Integral part of keeping the ecosystem healthy. But they have been artificially suppressed for many years to accommodate our habitat and towns and so now the waters are so muddied who can say how much of this is necessary and good versus how much is "evil" climate change. They are normal, but to the extent they've been in the past decade is not normal. Wildfires are usually made from human errors, but the rapid spread has become more extreme because of the human-influenced megadrought. The rapid increase of people in the Western US also contributes to the rapid increase of wildfires because, again, humans are the leading cause of starting wildfires. A perfect storm of human influence. Edited September 11, 2022 by ClicheVortex2014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteorologist ClicheVortex2014 Posted September 11, 2022 Meteorologist Share Posted September 11, 2022 Absolutely brutal fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted September 11, 2022 Admin Share Posted September 11, 2022 One hour loop The sentinel satellite caught a picture of it yesterday. https://apps.sentinel-hub.com/sentinel-playground/?source=S2L2A&lat=44.08758502824518&lng=-122.14599609375&zoom=9&preset=1_TRUE_COLOR&layers=B01,B02,B03&maxcc=100&gain=1.2&gamma=1.1&time=2022-03-01|2022-09-10&atmFilter=&showDates=false Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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