Easy Fire in Southern California
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As northeast Santa Ana winds began to increase before sunrise on 30 October 2019, 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-17 (GOES-West) Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) and “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed the sudden onset of a thermal anomaly (cluster of hot 3.9 µm pixels) — associated with the Easy Fire northwest of Los Angeles — which occurred at... Read More