Another year and more fires. As we are coming to the end of a La Nina cycle (a double one), we would like to think it is getting wetter outside, however it is dry, dry, dry. Relative humidity is between 3 - 10%. If you have been trying to survive, keeping an eye on, or worrying about the High Park Fire or the Whitewater-Baldy Complex Fires (and way too many others), there have been many tweets and discussions about the fires. I've pulled together some images with links to the resources for the past few days to try to make sense of the descriptions. Thoughts of safety and rain go out to those of you impacted by this fire.
Incident Information System
http://www.inciweb.org/
Overview of the current wildfires around the U.S. including
Current and official information on the High Park Fire from Larimer County Emergency Information
http://larimer.org/emergency/emergency_detail.cfm?nam_id=85
4:48 PM - Jun 11 The official cause of the High Park Fire has been confirmed as lightning. The High Park Fire remains at 36,930 acres with 0% containment.
'Photos' of the fire plume from Space (using MODIS)High Peak Fire near Ft Collins, Colorado
June 11, 2012
June 10, 2012
Perimeter of the fire
source: Fire Data in Google Earth using modis
June 11, 2012 Smoke plumes map
June 10, 2012 Smoke plumes map
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