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Smoke from the Park Fire in Northern California is expected to largely spare the Sacramento region, according to a National Weather Service forecast.
The below map was current, as of 2:30 p.m. PT. Evacuation orders were issued for an area including the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024. Life-threatening ...
The largest of several wildfires in the state is the Park Fire, burning in Butte and Tehama counties, just north of Chico, grew to over 350,000 acres and was 10% contained as of Saturday evening.
False-color view of the burned area and smoke from the Park Fire in Northern California, viewed from the Landsat 9 satellite on July 27, 2024. By the end of spring (June 20), the total area burned by wildfires in California was nearly 90,000 acres (36,000 ha).
The Santa Anas are katabatic winds (Greek for "flowing downhill") arising in higher altitudes and blowing down towards sea level. [7] The National Weather Service defines Santa Ana winds as "a weather condition [in southern California] in which strong, hot, dust-bearing winds descend to the Pacific Coast around Los Angeles from inland desert regions".
Five of the twenty largest wildfires in California history were part of the 2020 wildfire season. An August 19, 2020 satellite image of the wildfires burning in Northern California, covering a significant portion of California and nearby states. 2020 was a record-setting year for wildfires in California.
The Northern California Geographic Coordination Center (commonly called 'North Ops') forecast stated that "Confidence is moderate to high for an early start to the significant large fire season." [12] In Northern California, peak fire season begins in the early summer (June–July) and runs until late fall, varying year to year.
Smoke poured from the Hughes Fire, a new wind-driven wildfire in mountains north of Los Angeles, on Wednesday, 22 January. The blaze prompted evacuations orders for remote communities nearby as it ...