Aug 7 AM Data, Reduced visible infrared, NE movement White Rock Lk, Tremont, Precipitation
Update: Aug 8, 12-30AM Only two (2) MODIS hotspots in province. Both inside White Rock Lake fire perimeter. Cloud cover obscuring. Awaiting VIIRS scan.
Update: Aug 7, 3-55PM Lightning strikes West of 100Mile SW of Hanceville, North of Courtney, North of Campbell River. See lightning monitor in links, -18UTC scan.
A look at publicly available online resources for wildfire planning. Images of the local area available through 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.
DriveBC Monte Creek hwy cam looking south: https://drivebc.ca/mobile/pub/webcams...
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...