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smoke ?

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Jul 21, 2013 at 8:33 pm #1305659

Billy Ray
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@rosyfinch
Locale: the mountains

With the fires in SoCal and no doubt more to come, does anyone have a source for current information on smoke in the Sierra?

thanks,

Bill D

Jul 21, 2013 at 9:11 pm #2008261

Nick Gatel
BPL Member

@ngatel
Locale: Southern California

http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/state/5/

Jul 21, 2013 at 9:40 pm #2008266

Billy Ray
Spectator

@rosyfinch
Locale: the mountains

Nick,
thanks for that interesting page on CA fires…
However, not exactly what I am looking for…

it has lots of text, data, and fire maps… but tell me little if anything about where the smoke is going… or how bad the smoke is…

I guess what I'm looking for is a map like a weather map, but a smoke map instead… showing how the smoke is drifting from the fires and how bad it is in different locations… specifically for my purposes, how bad it is at various locations throughout the Sierra…

bill

Jul 21, 2013 at 11:00 pm #2008283

Nico .
BPL Member

@nickb
Locale: Los Padres National Forest

The NWS offices were preparing smoke maps for the Mountain Fire last week… Not sure if it's something they do regularly or just every once in a while. Try the NWS Oxnard or NWS Hanford websites.

Jul 22, 2013 at 6:06 am #2008308

Billy Ray
Spectator

@rosyfinch
Locale: the mountains

Thanks Nico… found this:

http://airquality.weather.gov/sectors/conus.php

not sure how accurate it is for the Sierra, but it's something…

bill

Jul 22, 2013 at 6:32 am #2008312

Greg Mihalik
Spectator

@greg23
Locale: Colorado

This is for plumes. You can identify them by their "point source" origin. Not so good for generalized smoke, but it will give an idea of what to expect. Clouds and overcast make it difficult to figure out what is going on. The only major fire in the west is the "Mountain" near Riverside, and that is obscured by cloud cover.

Look Here.

Select the region of interest, "4K","Visible", and watch it loop.

Jul 22, 2017 at 12:33 pm #3480667

Cameron M
BPL Member

@cameronm-aka-backstroke
Locale: Los Angeles

Hello. I am trying to find accurate smoke imagery like the screenshot image below. Someone posted this fire and smoke site on BPL originally, and it is not any of the ones in the thread of this post. The site was accurate, visually informative, and had some kind of animation loop. I am considering a last minute change to my plans, and need more information to proceed. Thanks.

Jul 22, 2017 at 12:42 pm #3480672

Greg Mihalik
Spectator

@greg23
Locale: Colorado

https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2017/nasa-sees-smoke-from-californias-long-valley-wildfire

wildfire

Jul 22, 2017 at 12:45 pm #3480674

Ken Thompson
BPL Member

@here
Locale: Right there

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Jul 22, 2017 at 2:21 pm #3480706

Cameron M
BPL Member

@cameronm-aka-backstroke
Locale: Los Angeles

Awesome, thanks.

Jul 22, 2017 at 5:51 pm #3480773

Tom K
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@tbkirchneraol-com-2

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