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The California wildfires continue to send huge plumes of smoke out over the Pacific today. Satellite images (below) also show how near relief might have been, had Tropical Depression Kiko taken another course. But the storm, just off the tip of Mexico's Baja California province, is headed west, out to sea. Here's more.
Frank Roylance is a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. He came to Baltimore from New Bedford, Mass. in 1980 to join the old Evening Sun. He moved to the morning Sun when the papers merged in 1992, and has spent most of his time since covering science, including astronomy and the weather. One of The Baltimore Sun's first online Web logs, the Weather Blog debuted in October 2004. In June 2006 Frank also began writing comments on local weather and stargazing for The Baltimore Sun's print Weather Page.
