NASAのインスタグラム(nasagoddard) - 8月15日 03時05分

Mendocino Complex Still Grows Larger
The Mendocino Complex fire is now entering its 19th day as the complex grows in size. Today the fire is 354,410 acres and 68% contained. The River fire is wholly contained, and there has been no further movement, but the Ranch fire portion of the complex continues to grow northward. On Monday, tragically, a firefighter who had come from Utah to help fight the blaze died from injuries he sustained on the job. That is the sixth firefighter who has lost his life this fire season in California.

Smoke continues to billow from the active fire area within the Ranch portion of the complex. The dark red-brown area below the smoke in the satellite image contrasts starkly with the lighter tan and green areas. That red-brown area is the scorched earth left behind after the fire has burned out and moved on. In this satellite image, the fire complex has nearly ringed Clear Lake and continues to move northward.

Once again high temperatures, low humidity, and winds are all causes for ongoing concern with this fire. These are the three areas of weather concern that continue to plague all current California fires.

This Aqua satellite image was captured on August 13, 2018. Actively burning areas (hot spots) are outlined in red. Each hot spot is an area where the thermal detectors recognized temperatures higher than the background temperatures. When accompanied by plumes of smoke, as in this image, such hot spots are diagnostic for fire.
NASA image courtesy of the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) project. Caption by Lynn Jenner with information from CAL fire and Inciweb. #nasagoddard #fire #wildfire #MendocinoComplex #MendocinoComplexFire #California

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