Wildfire Smoke West Coast Weather Satellite

A new satellite image from nasa shows the west coast of the u s.

Wildfire smoke west coast weather satellite.

Los angeles it s yet another wild weather phenomenon of 2020. 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. West coast wildfires visible from almost 1 million miles away as smoke spreads over 4 000 miles wildfires are currently raging across hundreds of thousands of acres of the western united states. Dramatic satellite images show the.

A cyclone forming a thousand miles off the west coast of the united states met with clouds of smoke from the massive wildfires. The image tweeted by the national weather service weather prediction center shows smoke. The stunning images from nasa showed that instead of bei. 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.

The area in the orange contour is smoke in the mid upper levels of the atmosphere that has reached. As the southwestern united states endures a record heat wave the. A vast pall of smoke from the west coast wildfires has been captured in a remarkable satellite image. For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data.

To the north a mid latitude cyclone spins over the gulf of alaska while hurricane genevieve continues its path toward baja california. Here is a visible satellite image valid at 2pm pdt showing the vast extent of the wildfire smoke. And parts of canada covered in smoke from growing wildfires while hurricane sally makes landfall in the gulf coast and several. Wildfires across california oregon and washington have killed at least 35 people scorched over 4 million acres and sent thick smoke and ash into the skies.