Interactive real time wildfire and forest fire map for washington.
Real time satellite fire images washington state.
These images are considered raw data with no analysis of fires and or smoke.
See the latest washington enhanced weather satellite map including areas of cloud cover.
Smoke continues to pepper the skies over western and central washington state from several wildfires.
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Satellite images show western fires producing massive clouds of smoke pollutants at least 36 deaths have been linked to the fires in california oregon and washington state.
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See current wildfires and wildfire perimeters in washington on the fire weather avalanche center wildfire map.
Probable fires will appear as sharp white spots in the reflectivity images.
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Explore the world in real time launch web map in new window noaa satellite maps latest 3d scene this high resolution imagery is provided by geostationary weather satellites permanently stationed more than 22 000 miles above the earth.
This map contains live feed sources for us current wildfire locations and perimeters viirs and modis hot spots wildfire conditions red flag warnings and wildfire potential each of these layers provides insight into where a fire is located its intensity and the surrounding areas susceptibility to wildfire.
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.
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The multiple red pixels are heat signatures red.
Wild fires in washington state and british columbia.
To view the official analyses by noaa meteorologists please see the hazard mapping system fire and smoke product.
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According to the national interagency fire center nifc there were 40 large wildfires burning in the western united states on august 20 2001.
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The moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer modis instrument that flies onboard nasa s terra satellite captured an image of smoke from these fires aug.
A large fire is defined as being uncontained and scorching more than 100 acres.
For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data.
