West Coast Satellite Smoke Map

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.

West coast satellite smoke map.

A vast pall of smoke from the west coast wildfires has been captured in a remarkable satellite image. The red contour is the dense smoke near the west coast a satellite image shows smoke from the western wildfires stretching as far east as michigan. 9 2020 by the modis instrument on nasa s terra satellite. How to use this map.

Air quality pm 2 5 information from official monitors is shown as circles air quality pm 2 5 information from temporary monitors placed by agencies during smoke events is show as triangles air quality pm 2 5 information from low cost sensors is shown as squares large fire incidents as fire icons satellite fire detections as small glowing points and smoke plume. The national weather service weather prediction. That s a distance of nearly 2 000 miles. Radar maps satellite maps and weather maps for the western united states and eastern pacific including infrared satellite visible satellite water vapor satellite radar maps tropical weather lightnings and model maps for the west coast of the us.

The image tweeted by the national weather service weather prediction center shows smoke. Fire data is available for download or can be viewed through a map interface. And extending hundreds of miles over the pacific ocean. Smoke from wildfires blankets much of the west coast in this photo captured on sept.

Smoke from the fires devastating swathes of the us west coast has reached as far as europe the european union s climate monitoring service said wednesday in its assessment of the unprecedented.