West Coast Fire Smoke Satellite Images

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.
West coast fire smoke satellite images. The image below was taken this week by the space agency s terra satellite around 440 miles above earth. The red marks indicate where the wildfires are currently burning from washington down to california with the resulting smoke the browner section in the middle of the image drifting westward toward the pacific ocean. Nasa gov brings you the latest images videos and news from america s space agency. The image tweeted by the national weather service weather prediction center shows smoke.
Satellite images show smoke from the west coast wildfires being carried out to sea and sucked into a cyclone more than 1 000 miles offshore. The national weather service weather. 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. To the north a mid latitude cyclone spins over the gulf of alaska while hurricane genevieve continues its path toward baja california.
Satellite images taken of the historic wildfires in the west show the shocking amount of smoke and other pollutants affecting areas beyond where the fires are furiously burning. Get the latest updates on nasa missions watch nasa tv live and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. As the southwestern united states endures a record heat wave the. For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data.
About 40 large fires are ravaging the us west coast. The creek fire in madera and fresno counties has burned an area roughly the size of central park every 30 minutes over the past. And extending hundreds of miles over the pacific ocean. At least 36 deaths.
Satellite images show massive amounts of smoke engulfing the west coast of the u s.