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.

Satellite noaa smoke map.

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. How to use this map. Eastern central mountain and pacific. Imagery available about 25 minutes later.

In order to obtain u s. Real time satellite fire monitoring goes west. Click on goes east band reference guide to find out the primary usage of each of the goes east bands. Surface only total smoke includes smoke aloft large area view.

The satellite sensors used to detect fires are sensitive to heat sources and reflected sunlight. Experimental forecast use at your own risk. To the north a mid latitude cyclone spins over the gulf of alaska while hurricane genevieve continues its path toward baja california. 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.

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. 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. 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. Goes west imagery 30 minutes.