Satellite Current Noaa Wildfire Smoke Map
The national wildfire coordinating group nwcg geospatial multi agency coordination wildland fire support usgs noaa office of satellite and product operations reported fires from nwcg and cal fire.
Satellite current noaa wildfire smoke map. Goes active fire detection data. Published by pnw smoke cooperators. As the southwestern united states endures a record heat wave the. The national wildfire coordinating group nwcg geospatial multi agency coordination wildland fire support usgs noaa office of satellite and product operations reported fires from nwcg and cal fire.
Imagery available about 25 minutes later. 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. They should not be used to estimate specific fire perimeters. The ability to detect fires and smoke can be compromised by many factors including cloud cover tree canopy terrain the size of.
To the north a mid latitude cyclone spins over the gulf of alaska while hurricane genevieve continues its path toward baja california. This map is designed to. The map includes other useful information such as current weather station information like wind speed and temperature wind trajectory lines real time images from high resolution cameras around the state and current satellite images from goes 17 of clouds and possible smoke plumes. Real time satellite fire monitoring goes west.
Usfs air quality webcam images. Conus imaging sector and 10min observations over the entire western hemisphere full disk imaging sector with two satellites positioned at 75 2 o w goes 16 launched on november 2016 and 137 2 o w goes 17 launched on march 2018. 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. The noaa also shared thursday s view of.
Goes west imagery 30 minutes. Noaa s geostationary operational environmental satellite goes provides 5min observations over the conterminous u s. The fire sizes depicted in the product are primarily determined by the field of view of the satellite instrument or the resolution of the analysis tool.