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Y'all might already know about them, but here are some links I've collected to monitor smoke. https://fire.airnow.gov/ https://fire.airnow.gov/ https://zoom.e

Y'all might already know about them, but here are some links I've collected to monitor smoke. https://fire.airnow.gov/ https://fire.airnow.gov/ https://zoom.earth/ https://zoom.earth/ https://gacc.nifc.gov/nwcc/information/firemap.aspx https://gacc.nifc.gov/nwcc/information/firemap.aspx https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#t:adv;d:2020-09-10;l:country-outline;@-121.6,45.4,8z https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#t:adv;d:2020-09-10... https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/particulates/surface/level/overlay=pm2.5/orthographic https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/particulates/surface/l...

xrendan 5y ago
There's also https://firesmoke.ca https://firesmoke.ca
swader999 5y ago
In the post above the fire kml files that plot the active fire hot spots from satellites in Google earth is hard to beat: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/usfs/active_fire/ https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/usfs/active_fire/ You get near real time, auto refresh and very good accuracy with ability to zoom in.
alisonatwork 5y ago
Another useful site with a lot of different layers is the #FireMappers one. https://napsg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6dc469279760492d802c7ba6db45ff0e https://napsg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?i...
micro_cam 5y ago
It is worth adding http://purpleair.com/ http://purpleair.com/ who produce the low cost sensors that contribute to at least the first map. They have their own map (with 80 second update intervals) and you can buy a sensor for ~$250... it is a cool product because its a super practical design (housing is a pvc pipe cap) focused on delivering an accurate sensor on the cheap. We love ours because you can watch it and see in real time when the air quality improves for a brief period.
ehnto 5y ago
I found Windy absolutely indispensable during the 2019/2020 Australian wildfire season. I cycle to work and I would check Windy for pockets of clean air blowing in from the coast from the North which from me is the desert, hence no fires. There was a point where southern, eastern and western winds all blew smoke from one major fire or another. We have air quality testing sites in various parts of the state to reference, but at a certain point you needed to forecast on a national level in order to not get caught in one smoke cloud or another.

xrendan 5y ago

There's also https://firesmoke.ca https://firesmoke.ca

swader999 5y ago

In the post above the fire kml files that plot the active fire hot spots from satellites in Google earth is hard to beat: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/usfs/active_fire/ https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/usfs/active_fire/ You get near real time, auto refresh and very good accuracy with ability to zoom in.

alisonatwork 5y ago

Another useful site with a lot of different layers is the #FireMappers one. https://napsg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6dc469279760492d802c7ba6db45ff0e https://napsg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?i...

micro_cam 5y ago

It is worth adding http://purpleair.com/ http://purpleair.com/ who produce the low cost sensors that contribute to at least the first map. They have their own map (with 80 second update intervals) and you can buy a sensor for ~$250... it is a cool product because its a super practical design (housing is a pvc pipe cap) focused on delivering an accurate sensor on the cheap. We love ours because you can watch it and see in real time when the air quality improves for a brief period.

ehnto 5y ago

I found Windy absolutely indispensable during the 2019/2020 Australian wildfire season. I cycle to work and I would check Windy for pockets of clean air blowing in from the coast from the North which from me is the desert, hence no fires. There was a point where southern, eastern and western winds all blew smoke from one major fire or another. We have air quality testing sites in various parts of the state to reference, but at a certain point you needed to forecast on a national level in order to not get caught in one smoke cloud or another.