Satellite Noaa Smoke Map

To the north a mid latitude cyclone spins over the gulf of alaska while hurricane genevieve continues its path toward baja california.

Satellite noaa smoke map.

19 2020 noaa s goes west satellite captured the above geocolor image loop of massive wildfire smoke plumes billowing from california and areas of the rocky mountains. Goes east satellite loops images click on the links to view the images or loop for each available band and view static images will enlarge while loops will be shown on another tab. Click on goes east band reference guide to find out the primary usage of each of the goes east bands. Real time satellite fire monitoring goes west.

How to use this map. Experimental forecast use at your own risk. The noaa smoke forecasting system integrates the noaa national environmental satellite data and information service s satellite information on the location of wildfires with noaa national weather serviceweather inputs from the north american mesoscale model and smoke dispersion simulations from the noaa arl hysplit model to produce a daily 48 hour prediction of smoke transport and. Eastern central mountain and pacific.

The satellite sensors used to detect fires are sensitive to heat sources and reflected sunlight. As the southwestern united states endures a record heat wave the. They show the smoke drifting from oregon heading south into california and through the san francisco bay area over a two day period starting on sept. In order to obtain u s.

Hms fire and smoke data products are marked with the time stamp representing the corresponding satellite image acquisition observation time in universal time coordinated utc and date using the julian day calendar 0 365 day of year for regular years 0 366 for leap years. Surface only total smoke includes smoke aloft large area view. The noaa also shared thursday s view of. The ability to detect fires and smoke can be compromised by many factors including cloud cover tree canopy terrain the size of the fire or smoke plume the time of the day etc.