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   August 2, 2022 - Smoke from Western Fires StretchAacross the United States   
      
      West Coast Fires sending smoke across the US   
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      Smoke stretched from California’s Pacific Coast to Nebraska—a distance   
      of nearly 2,000 km (1,243 mi)—in late July 2022. The Moderate   
      Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra   
      satellite acquired this true-color image showing fire and smoke on July   
      23.   
      
      Each red “hot spot” marks a location where the thermal bands on the   
      MODIS instrument detected high temperatures. When combined with typical   
      smoke, as in this image, such hot spots are diagnostic for actively   
      burning fire. Large fires are visible in Northern California, near the   
      Oregon border as well as Idaho and Montana.   
      
      Long periods of high temperatures, low humidity, and gusty winds, along   
      with acres of trees killed by pine beetles and long-standing drought   
      has left some areas of the Western United States at high risk for   
      wildfire. According to InciWeb Incident Information System, on August 1   
      there were 6 large active fires in New Mexico, 16 in Arizona, 4 in   
      Utah, 3 in Colorado (two of these are prescribed burns), 2 in Wyoming,   
      4 in Nevada, 7 in Idaho, 5 in Montana, 1 in Washington, and 5 in   
      California. CALFIRE identified an additional four fires in California.   
      InciWeb does not report fires managed only by CALFIRE. It is important   
      to note that the reported fires are only large or notable fires, and   
      there are other smaller blazes in several locations.   
      
      The McKinney Fire, sitting near the border with Oregon, is contributing   
      a large amount of smoke to the scene. This wildfire was first reported   
      on the afternoon of July 29, 2022, on the Oak Knoll Ranger District of   
      the Klamath National Forest. Despite a robust and rapid response, the   
      fire quickly exploded in intensity, reaching 55,493 acres burnt by the   
      evening of August 1. The McKinney Fire was cooled a bit on the night of   
      July 31, thanks to rainfall. Unfortunately, the rain was spotty, with   
      heavy rain in some areas to zero precipitation in other areas. Air   
      temperatures had dropped a bit on August 1, and relative humidity was   
      slightly higher, helping to moderate fire behavior. However, a Red Flag   
      watch for extreme fire risk remains in place. The McKinney Fire is zero   
      percent contained as of August 1, with no estimated containment date   
      reported.   
      
      A second fire is also burning in Klamath National Forest, close to the   
      McKinney Fire. It was sparked on July 29 by lightning strike and has   
      grown to 1,989 acres as of August 1. It is also zero percent contained.   
      
      In its August 1 report on the McKinney and China Fires, the US Forest   
      Service notes, “There have been numerous lightning strikes in the area   
      in the last 48 hours, and at least 12 holdover fires have been detected   
      on the Klamath National Forest, in addition to the ones listed above.   
      They range in size from 1/10 acre to several acres. All are being fully   
      suppressed.”   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 7/31/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (616.5 KB),  500m (2.1 MB),  250m ( B)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-08-02   
       
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