Flight Notes:
Tonight’s interpretation began using the most recent perimeter downloaded from NIFS at 2100 on 9/03/21.
The eastern half of the fire has intense heat along the north, south and eastern edges. The fire interior is primarily scattered heat. The upper polygon south of Myers community shows significant cooling – intense heat was detected along the southern and eastern edge. Intense heat is present west of Myers, moving through the Lyon Creek area into the Desolation Wilderness. Intense heat is also present north of Kirkwood Meadows and Caples Lake.
The western portion of the fire area is composed primarily of isolated heat with pockets of scattered heat interspersed.
Light clouds were present across the fire area which could be masking some heat signatures.
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