Satellite View Of Smoke Across Us

But you did not have to be close to the fires to witness its effects.

Satellite view of smoke across us.

The nasa noaa suomi npp satellite caught sight of this massive blanket of wildfire smoke across the us on sept. Active storms ts gamma hu marie goes west pacus full disk pacific northwest pacific southwest u s. Click on a region to view images and animations for that region. More than 650 wildfires are blazing in california after unprecedented lightning strikes storms and a heatwave that has set new records in the state and nasa s terra satellite captured the smoke engulfed state on aug.

Nasa satellite images show impact of california wildfire smoke across us nasa s terra satellite on monday aug. See current wildfires and wildfire perimeters on the fire weather avalanche center wildfire map. That s a distance of nearly 2 000 miles. The fire and smoke map shows fine particulate 2 5 micron pm 2 5 pollution data obtained from air quality monitors and sensors information is shown on both the epa s air quality index scale using the nowcast aqi algorithm and also as hourly pm 2 5 concentration values.

This fulldiskfriday the goeswest satellite is continuing to watch the sobering amount of smoke from wildfires spreading across the westcoast of the u s. Interactive real time wildfire map for the united states including california oregon washington idaho arizona and others. These images show just how far across north america winds have carried the thick plumes of smoke. Smoke has spread across large swaths of the western united states and the pacific ocean.

In mid august 2018 deadly blazes across the western united states and canada continued to destroy structures and disrupt the lives of millions of people. West coast alaska central alaska southeastern alaska northern pacific ocean hawaii tropical pacific ocean southern pacific ocean. 22 2020 captured a view that showed a pall of wildfire smoke covering most of. For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data.

Noaa nasa here in new mexico i can usually stand in my front yard and see the. Goes 17 is operated by the national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa. A satellite photo taken saturday shows a pall of smoke from wildfires ravaging the west coast stretching across the united states as far as michigan.