Today the Gila Wilderness and surrounding forested land got very active.

#NMfire

#NMwx

#NewMexico

No real monsoon yet. Heatwave over us. This will only get worse.

IR weather satellite view of the southwest corner of New Mexico. All the small black dots are active forest fires. Some are across the state line in eastern Arizona.

Red circles and ellipses added around each active fire, or each cluster of nearby active fires.

The fires are approximately 175 miles west of me, and I can see the smoke on the horizon.