8 August 2014
This Is Why Canada and The West Are Burning
Posted by Dan Satterfield
NASA posted this map of the temperature anomalies over North America for July, and you can easily see why we there is so much wildfire activity in the U.S. West and Canada North. This is why dense smoke is travelling thousands of miles to the Eastern Seaboard.
The heat out west has now pushed much of California into Exceptional Drought” status.
According to this report: http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/08/04/massive-smoke-clouds-from-canadian-wildfires-are-up-to-15-km-high-and-visible-all-the-way-to-portugal/?__federated=1, smoke from Canadian forest fires have risen 10-15 km into the stratosphere and has been detected over Portugal.
Dan, what do the colors in the first graphic (NASA) signify? There is no key.
Thanks!
Red is warmer than normal and blue is cooler than normal.
Because they’re hotter?!? That’s it! I was expecting so much more explanation!