We are now at the near breaking point of we humans capability dealing with all the current fires. Most in rural areas are sadly just going to burn and burn while firefighters focus on saving urban structures. To understand where fires are active, go to this satellite thermal imaging link that is set up for Vacaville. Some brothers just out of an evacuation live in Vacaville where ash is everywhere for miles:
ArcGIS Web Application
doitgis.maps.arcgis.com
In the upper left of the window "Find address or place" field, enter Boulder Creek and the map will switch to that Santa Cruz Mountains area that is where smoke in my west San Jose area is mostly from. Likewise enter wherever location to move the map elsewhere.
To understand where wind has been blowing smoke go to this NWS satellite page link:
GOES-West - Sector view: Pacific Southwest - GeoColor - NOAA / NESDIS / STAR
Near real-time publication of GOES-East and GOES-West images from NOAA/NESDIS/STARwww.star.nesdis.noaa.gov
Shows there is smoke across California and the West. I'd say the most smoke in my lifetime as a native though because none of these many fires are wind driven that is more commonly the situation, it is not yet most disasterous.
This is another arcgis fire app that shows where fires and smoke are and how dense of smoke. Unlike the other arcgis link, this also shows all the small fires of which there are many more. If one mouse selects any fire spot, more info pops up.
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@Ron was chatting with us earlier and saying the smoke is getting bad there.
Its pretty crazy here.
I'd say this map is pretty accurate from my view. From Dave's link above.
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My sympathies to all affected by these wild fires. We lived through such crap times last southern hemi summer. Not a lot of fun and for the people directly affected often devastating.