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   September 2, 2022 - Wildfires in the Western United States   
      
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      Scorching air temperatures, low humidity, and widespread drought   
      continue to fuel another vicious fire season in the Western United   
      States. With high temperatures expected to be near or over 100˚F   
      (37.8˚C) for the next several days, the National Weather Service (NWS)   
      has advised that much of Idaho will swelter under a Heat Advisory until   
      September 5, 2022. The sizzle also extends to portions of central,   
      north central, and northeast Oregon and central, south central and   
      southeast Washington, where the NWS has raised a Heat Advisory and Red   
      Flag Warning through September 2, with high temperatures expected to   
      hit 105˚F (40.6˚F). Excessive heat warnings span much of California   
      through September 6, especially Southern California, where temperatures   
      may reach 115˚F (46.1˚C).   
      
      High air temperatures dry vegetation and help fuel fires. According to   
      the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), on September 1 there were   
      46 large, active fires burning across 5 states: 14 in Idaho, 10 in   
      Montana, 9 in Oregon, 6 in California, 4 in Washington, 1 in Utah, 1 in   
      Arizona, and 1 in Wyoming. These do not include medium or smaller   
      fires, and do count fires being handled as one “complex” fire as only   
      one fire. Five new large fires were reported on August 31 – one each in   
      California, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming, and Washington. These large,   
      active fires were burning on 302,460 acres. None of these fires had   
      been contained.   
      
      The NIFC also reports that from January 1, 2022, to September 1, 2022,   
      there had been 48,331 fires across the United States, and these fires   
      had burnt 6,153,171 acres. This is the largest number of fires for the   
      same time period in each of the last 10 years, although only the   
      fifth-largest number of acres destroyed.   
      
      On August 31, 2022, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of   
      dozens of fires burning across the American West. The image encompasses   
      part of southern Canada near the U.S. border, as well as all of Oregon   
      and Washington, most of Idaho, western Montana, part of northern   
      California, and northwestern Utah. Each red “hot spot” marks a location   
      that 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. In most areas,   
      thick plumes of smoke blow strongly to the northeast, suggesting windy   
      conditions.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 8/31/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (419.9 KB),  500m (1.4 MB),  250m (4.4 MB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-09-02   
       
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