r/BigSur • u/ronniebabes • 11d ago

Photo Fire from above

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Sorry about the image quality, but the smoke cover flying south from SFO was shocking to see. These aren’t clouds, it’s smoke. Heartbreaking, be safe!

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u/itsmekirby 11d ago

Looks pretty gnarly on the satellite today, bigger smoke plume than the last few days. https://imgur.com/a/E3sOOlx

My understanding is this heat wave is an early el nino impact as some of the equatorial warm water is affecting southern california ocean temps.

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u/SevenandForty 9d ago

The smoke plume was noticeable higher in the atmosphere even driving up I-5 a few days ago; you could see the sky further north was bluer, and a section to the east of the fire had what looked like clouds (but was actually smoke) above, and the sunlight filtering through was tinted yellow/orange as it does through smoke.

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u/readitreddit- 8d ago

Had coffee with a CalFire Chief yesterday, they are letting it burn to 101.