The Point Reyes, CA Forest Fire of 10/4/95
This
North
American sea-level pressure pattern
superimposed on a composite visible satellite image, shows
a region of relatively high pressure (greater than 1024 millibars)
across the Pacific Northwest. The smoke plume emanating from Pt. Reyes
and blowing offshore to the soutwest is also discernable on the North
American-scale visible satellite image, but barely. (See
summary of information about North American overview
for more information about this companion image.)
Similar weather conditions contributed greatly to the most damaging
fire in U.S. history, in the East Bay hills of Oakland and Berkeley
along the east side of San Francisco Bay, in October of 1991.
For information about reading some of the meteorological information
on the Northern California image shown here, refer to the
key to weather-station plots
and
general description of visible and infrared satellite images.
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- Pt. Reyes Fire Menu
- Special Images Menu
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