To give you an idea of where the Soberanes Fire is burning, we’ve included maps that are updated daily. These maps are provided by Cal Fire/US Forest Service.

The latest Heat Perimeter was detected yesterday around 9:30 pm.  You can see the latest Heat Perimeter on the Infrared Topo and Ortho maps.

We’ve also included the Weather Forecast, Fire Behavior Forecast and various links that you may find useful. Note: Additional links are located at the end of the post. Some links may open large PDF documents.

Please see Local Reports for the current fire discussion.

Infrared Topo: IR_Topo

Infrared with Satellite Image: IR_Ortho

IR Log

Weather Forecast

Fire Behavior Forecast Operations Map North: Ops North

Operations Map South: Ops South

Legend

Briefing Map: BAM

The following are KMZ IR flight overlaid on Google Earth. Last satellite pass was about 3 AM local. Blue line is the Friday–Saturday night perimeter to show immediate spreading rate. Images provided by of John Chesnut. As always, please remember that false readings do occur.

Big Sur:

Big Sur with the VIIRS satellite returns (hot spots):

VIIRS heat records for Big Sur on Sunday Afternoon

Cachagua:

Links:

Xasauan Today Satellite heat detection discussion

Google Maps (not current) Adam Clark’s Google Map with most recent Dozer lines, IR flight overlay, and the Planned Fire Line. Note: You may need to be signed in to a Google account to view this link.

Mapping Support (not current) Same as above, but on USGS Topo Maps

MesoWest Weather stations that are located near the fire. Scroll down to S07 Central Coast IRAWS. See the Blue WX rectangles on the Ops maps for locations. There are currently 7 portable weather stations deployed.

Flight Radar 24 Live Air Traffic for the area.  Note: aircraft flying at low altitudes may not be detected.

Additional Cal Fire/ US Forest Service Links:

INCIDENT PLAN Complete Incident Plan as of 8/7/16. Note: PDF may take awhile to download

IAP MAP CARMEL Dozer Carmel as of 8/7/16

IAP MAP SECO Dozer Seco as of 8/7/16

IAP MAP SUR Dozer Sur as of 8/7/16

PIO Public Information Map as of 8/6/16

Air Operations Map Air Ops as of 8/7/16

Air Operations HELCO Map HELCO as of 8/6/16

Firefighting Aircraft PDF guide with Cal Fire Firefighting Aircraft

SITUATION Situation Map as of 8/2/16 shows previous fire outlines

ELEVATIONS Elevations Map as of 8/2/16 shows hills and valleys in various colors

To give you an idea of where the Soberanes Fire is burning, we’ve included maps that are updated daily. These maps are provided by Cal Fire/US Forest Service.

The latest Heat Perimeter was detected yesterday at 9:25 pm.  You can see the latest Heat Perimeter on the Infrared Topo and Ortho maps.

We’ve also included the Weather Forecast, Fire Behavior Forecast and various links that you may find useful. Note: Additional links are located at the end of the post. Some links may open large PDF documents.

Please see Local Reports for the current fire discussion.

Infrared Topo: IR_Topo

Infrared with Satellite Image: IR_Ortho

IR Log

Weather Forecast

Fire Behavior Forecast

Operations Map North: Ops North

Operations Map South: Ops South

Legend

Briefing Map: BAM

Public Information Map: PIO

Links:

Xasauan Today Satellite heat detection discussion

Google Maps Adam Clark’s Google Map with most recent Dozer lines, IR flight overlay, and the Planned Fire Line. Note: You may need to be signed in to a Google account to view this link.

Mapping Support Same as above, but on USGS Topo Maps

MesoWest Weather stations that are located near the fire. Scroll down to S07 Central Coast IRAWS. See the Blue WX rectangles on the Ops maps for locations. There are currently 7 portable weather stations deployed.

Flight Radar 24 Live Air Traffic for the area.  Note: aircraft flying at low altitudes may not be detected.

Additional Cal Fire/ US Forest Service Links:

INCIDENT PLAN Complete Incident Plan as of 8/6/16. Note: PDF may take awhile to download.

IAP MAP CARMEL Dozer Carmel as of 8/5/16.

IAP MAP SECO Dozer Seco as of 8/5/16.

IAP MAP SUR Dozer Sur as of 8/5/16.

Air Operations Map

Air Operations HELCO Map

Firefighting Aircraft PDF guide with Cal Fire Firefighting Aircraft

SITUATION Situation Map as of 8/2/16 shows previous fire outlines

ELEVATIONS Elevations Map as of 8/2/16 shows hills and valleys in various colors

Google Maps link has been updated (you may need to be signed in to a Google account to view the link). This link includes up-to-date Dozer lines, IR flight overlay, and the Planned Fire Line. Dozer Maps are now located in the links below. See comments and local reports for current discussion. See Infrared Images for the updated Fire Edge (as of 11:27pm on 8/4/16 ). See Weather Discussion and Fire Behavior Forecast (below) for fire predictions. Map links will open full-size PDF documents. To ZOOM in from a desktop computer hold CONTROL and + (on mac COMMAND and +).

Satellite heat detection discussion here: Xasauan Today

Google Maps link: Google Maps (Adam Clark’s Google Map with up-to-date Dozer lines, IR flight overlay, and the Planned Fire Line all-in-one. You may need to be signed in to a Google account to view the link)

Mapping Support link: Mapping Support (same map as above overlayed on USGS topo maps)

Weather Information (blue WX rectangles, see S07 for IRAWS): MesoWest (provided by Larry)

Live Air Traffic: Flight Radar 24

Dozer Carmel: CARMEL

Dozer Seco: SECO

Dozer Sur: SUR

Infrared Topo: IR_Topo

Infrared with Satellite Image: IR_Ortho

IR Log

Weather Forcast

Fire Behavior Forecast

Operations Map North: Ops North

Operations Map South: Ops South

Legend

Google Maps link has been added (you may need to be signed in to a Google account to view the link). This link includes up-to-date Dozer lines, IR flight overlay, and the Planned Fire Line. Dozer Maps are now located in the links below. See comments and local reports for current discussion. See Infrared Images for the updated Fire Edge (as of 10:03am on 8/3/16 ). See Weather Discussion and Fire Behavior Forecast (below) for fire predictions. Map links will open full-size PDF documents. To ZOOM in from a desktop computer hold CONTROL and + (on mac COMMAND and +).

Satellite heat detection discussion here: Xasauan Today

Google Maps link: Google Maps (Adam Clark’s Google Map with up-to-date Dozer lines, IR flight overlay, and the Planned Fire Line all-in-one. You may need to be signed in to a Google account to view the link)

Mapping Support link: Mapping Support (same map as above overlayed on USGS topo maps)

Weather Information (blue WX rectangles, see S07 for IRAWS): MesoWest (provided by Larry)

Live Air Traffic: Flight Radar 24

Dozer Carmel: CARMEL

Dozer Seco: SECO

Dozer Sur: SUR

Infrared Topo: IR_Topo

Infrared with Satellite Image: IR_Ortho

IR Log

Weather Forcast

Fire Behavior Forecast

Briefing Map: BAM

Operations Map North: Ops North

Operations Map South: Ops South

Legend

Dozer Maps are now located in the links below. See comments and local reports for current discussion. See Infrared Images for the updated Fire Edge (as of 6:55pm on 8/2/16). See Weather Discussion and Fire Behavior Forecast (below) for fire predictions. Map links will open full-size PDF documents. To ZOOM in from a desktop computer hold CONTROL and + (on mac COMMAND and +).

Satellite heat detection discussion here: Xasauan Today

Mapping Support link: Mapping Support (similar to Google Earth, provided by Adam Clark)

Weather Information (blue WX rectangles, see S07 for IRAWS): MesoWest (provided by Larry)

Live Air Traffic: Flight Radar 24

Dozer Carmel: CARMEL

Dozer Seco: SECO

Dozer Sur: SUR

Infrared Topo (full-size PDF here: IR_Topo)

Infrared with Satellite Image (full-size PDF here: IR_Ortho)

IR Log

Weather Forcast

Fire Behavior Forecast

Briefing Map: BAM

Operations Map North (full-size PDF here: Ops_North)

Operations Map South (full-size PDF here: Ops_South)

Legend

See comments and local reports for current discussion. See Infrared Images for the updated Fire Edge (as of 2:30am on 8/2/16 – maps are released once a day). See Weather Discussion and Fire Behavior Forecast (below) for fire predictions. See Operations Map for Divisions. Map links will open full-size PDF’s. To ZOOM in from a desktop computer hold CONTROL and + (on mac COMMAND and +).

Briefing Map: BAM

Situation Map (previous fire outlines): SITUATION

Elevations Map (hills and valleys in different colors): ELEVATIONS

Satellite heat detection discussion here: xasauan today

Mapping Support link: Mapping Support (similar to Google Earth, provided by Adam Clark)

Weather information (blue WX rectangles): MesoWest (provided by Larry) See SC07 Central Coast – 8 IRAWS – UTC/GMT time zone is 7 hours ahead.

Live Air Traffic: Flight Radar 24

Infrared Topo (full-size PDF here: IR_Topo)Infrared with Satellite Image (full-size PDF here: IR_Ortho)Infrared Log

Weather Forcast

Fire Behavior Forcast

Day by day expansion of the fire perimeter 7/26-8/2 for the active burning SE corner courtesy of John Chesnut. As always, please remember that false readings do occur.And the approach to South Fork Little Sur off Pico Blanco

Operations Map North (full-size PDF here: Ops_North)Operations Map South (full-size PDF here: Ops_South)

LegendPublic Information Map (full-size PDF here: PIO)

Dozer Maps (select map to open preview, “view full-size” link located below preview)

Dozer Carmel:

Dozer Seco:

Dozer Sur:

See Infrared Images for the updated Fire Edge (as of 8:54pm on 7/31/16).  Maps are released once a day. See Weather Discussion and Fire Behavior Forecast for fire predictions. See Operations Map for Divisions.

Operations Map (full-size PDF here: Operations Map 8-1-16)LegendPublic Information Map (full-size PDF here: Public Information Map)

Infrared Topo (full-size PDF here: Infrared Topo)Infrared with Satellite Image (full-size PDF here: Infrared with Satellite Image)Infrared LogWeather ForcastFire Behavior ForcastDozer Index

Dozer Maps (select map to open preview, “view full-size” link located below preview)

Additional links (full-size PDF’s)

Briefing Map – North: BAM North

Briefing Map – South: BAM South

AirOps Map: AirOps

AirOps Helco: AirOps Helco

Notes:

-To ZOOM in from a desktop computer – hold CONTROL and + (on mac COMMAND and +)

-Read more about the satellite heat detection here: xasauan today

-Adam Clark has provided an updated link for people to use if they don’t have Google Earth.  You can find it here:  Mapping Support (Black lines are completed Dozer lines and Blue lines are proposed Dozer lines, but they may not be current. Go to the Dozer maps for the most current info.)

-The weather information for the “blue WX rectangles” can be located at: MesoWest (link provided by Larry)

Scroll down to SC07 Central Coast. There are 6 IRAWS which stands for Incident Remote Automated Weather Stations. Each are labeled with a number and location. This page is a summary (refresh the page to get the latest observations) but there are hyperlinks to each station for more detailed information. UTC/GMT time zone is 7 hours ahead.

-Live Air Traffic can be found here: Flight Radar 24

To ZOOM in on a desktop computer – hold CONTROL and + (on mac COMMAND and +)

Operations Map

Legend

Public Information Map

Infrared Topo

Infrared with Satelite Image

Infrared Log

Weather Forcast

Fire Behavior Forcast

Dozer Index

Dozer Maps

Notes:

-Read more about the satellite heat detection here: xasauan today

-Adam Clark has provided an updated link for people to use if they don’t have Google Earth.  You can find it here:  Mapping Support (Black lines are completed Dozer lines and Blue lines are proposed Dozer lines, but they may not be current. Go to the Dozer maps for the most current info.)

-The weather information for the “blue WX rectangles” can be located at: MesoWest (link provided by Larry)

Scroll down to SC07 Central Coast. There are 6 IRAWS which stands for Incident Remote Automated Weather Stations. Each are labeled with a number and location. This page is a summary (refresh the page to get the latest observations) but there are hyperlinks to each station for more detailed information. UTC/GMT time zone is 7 hours ahead.

-Live Air Traffic can be found here: Flight Radar 24

Posted by a new writer for my blog, Lucas Ryan, who is handling all maps, and anything map related. Maps were taking up so much of my time. Thanks for coming on board – lifts a huge weight off my shoulders.

To ZOOM in on a desktop computer – hold CONTROL and + (on mac COMMAND and +)

Operations Map (zoom in to see Dozer lines – they did not release individual Dozer maps today)

Public Information Map

Infrared Topo (less topo detail than previous maps)

Infrared with Satelite Image

Infrared Log

7:30 am – from John Chesnut:

Google Earth with Dozer line overlay, fire activity, and fire perimeter.  Red lines are completed Dozer lines.  Green lines are proposed Dozer lines. See comment section for a link to the Google Earth KMZ Dozer file. Read more about the satellite heat detection here: xasauan today

A zoomed in view. Red lines are completed Dozer lines.  Green lines are proposed Dozer lines.

Note (see most recent Maps & IR Log post for an updated link):

Adam Clark has provided a link for people to use if they don’t have Google Earth.  You can find it here: Mapping Support (Black lines are completed Dozer lines and Blue lines are proposed Dozer lines)

Progression GIF animation courtesy of Dirk Reynolds