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   September 11, 2022 - Tropical Storm Kay Adds to Extreme West Coast Weather   
      
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      Smoke, fire, extreme heat, a drought-stricken landscape, and winds and   
      rain from a fading hurricane were all on the meteorological menu for   
      Southern California in the opening weeks of September 2022. The prize   
      for the most succinct summary of the situation probably goes to Dr.   
      Daniel Swain, a UCLA climate scientist, who opened this September 7   
      blog this way, “Let me just start by saying that this is perhaps the   
      singularly most unusual and extreme weather week in quite some time in   
      California–and that is saying something.”   
      
      On September 9, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image   
      that captured a snapshot of some of the extremes affecting Southern   
      California. In this image, smoke pours from the Fairview Fire that is   
      burning southeast of Los Angeles as Tropical Storm Kay approaches,   
      carrying strong gusting winds and heavy rain. Near the time the image   
      was captured, Kay was carrying maximum sustained winds of bout 45 mph   
      (70 km/h) and was located about 95 mi (155 km) west-northwest of Punta   
      Baja, Mexico and 140 miles (225 km) south of San Diego, California.   
      
      The National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued its first advisory on Kay on   
      September 4, when it first noted the formation of a tropical depression   
      about 225 miles (260 km) south-southwest of the town of Acapulco,   
      Mexico. It quickly gathered strength, and by the afternoon of September   
      5, Kay had become a Category 1 hurricane packing maximum sustained   
      winds of 75 mph (121 km/h) as it moved roughly parallel to the Mexican   
      coast. Two days later, on September 7, Hurricane Kay reached peak   
      strength as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105   
      mph (169 km/h). It then began to weaken shortly before making landfall   
      on the west coast of the central Baja Peninsula, Mexico, on September   
      8. At landfall, Kay retained a nominal Category 1 status with maximum   
      sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h), but it continued a weakening   
      trend as it skirted the northern Baja Peninsula and California coasts.   
      
      On the morning of September 10, the NHC issued its last advisory on   
      Kay, which had become a Post-Tropical Cyclone moving to the   
      west-northwest, which was away from the coast and towards the open   
      waters of the Pacific Ocean. At that time maximum sustained winds were   
      40 mph (64 km/h) with gusts to 52 mph (84 km/h). Kay is forecast to   
      continue to weaken until it dissipates on or about September 14.   
      
      The storm brought heavy rainfall to parts of Southern California,   
      including flooding and mudslides to some areas. Gusts ahead of the   
      storm fanned the Fairview Fire, but firefighters had anticipated such   
      an event and fought vigorously. Ultimately, Kay’s rainfall brought   
      cooler temperatures and both higher humidity and some rain to the   
      Fairview Fire, assisting in bringing it to 40 percent containment by   
      late on September 10. The Fairview Fire began on September 5 in the   
      unincorporated county area of Helmet. By the afternoon of September 10,   
      the firefighters and support personnel assigned to the fire had reached   
      2,241.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 9/9/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (2.1 MB),  500m (2.4 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=2022-09-11   
       
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