Aug 12, AM, Perimeter Intensity, 24hr comparison South BC fire zones, Killiney, Westside, Monte Crk
Update: Logan Lake, At 2am wind forecast shifts to come from S and SW. Winds from SW tomorrow afternoon 6km/hr. Then SW rest of weekend. Forecasted winds should be favorable for Logan Lake in 3 hrs.
Update: 4pm, Paxton Valley, East of Monte Lake...Eastward movement of hotspots in Paxton Valley north side. Logan Lake evac order, hotspots 5km north.
A look at publicly available online resources for wildfire planning. Images of the local area available through DriveBC, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Wildland Fire Information System, Sentinel Hub EO Browser, Windy, and NASA's FIRMS system linked below. Data can change rapidly. These videos take time to process and upload and are intended as a perspective of online data. Check the resource links below. Satellite heat detections (hotspots) may be obscured and can be off position.
Sentinel3 EO Browser August 11 with Custom band filter:
https://apps.sentinel-hub.com/eo-brow...
Brief Sentinel tutorial starts after 5'50" • July 31 A look at recent Sentinel imagery,...
Links:
BC WILDFIRE:
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/sa...
Report a wildfire in BC: 1 800 663-5555 or *5555 on a cell
SQUAMISH-LILLOOET:
https://www.slrd.bc.ca/inside-slrd/no...
TNRD:
https://www.tnrd.ca/services/emergenc...
FIRMS:
https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/
If server busy:
https://firms2.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/
NRC Canadian Wildland Fire Information System:
https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/home
WINDY:
https://www.windy.com/50.932/-120.843...
PAST FIRES:
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/data...
DRIVEBC:
https://drivebc.ca/
LIGHTNING MAP:
http://www.lightningmaps.org/#m=oss;r...
BC Wildfire Map shortcut: (opens to Sparks Lake fire, zoom out for your search)
https://governmentofbc.maps.arcgis.co...