Southern California Fires Satellite View

Fire perimeter and hot spot data.

Southern california fires satellite view.

Fire perimeter data are generally collected by a combination of aerial sensors and on the ground information. A screenshot from noaa nasa s suomi npp satellite showing wildfires in california. The data is provided by calfire. There are also several fires ablaze in southern california including the lake fire in los angeles which has.

Fire origins mark the fire fighter s best guess of where the fire started. These data are used to make highly accurate perimeter maps for firefighters and other emergency personnel but are generally updated only once every 12 hours. Smoke from wildfires as far away as north of the bay area is resulting in poor air quality in southern california where skies took on an eerie orange glow as temperatures continued to sizzle. Striking satellite imagery shows how the fires are unfolding here are above earth views of the devastation in california caused by historic wildfires.

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. Interactive map showing acres burned and containment of fires including glass. Get the latest visible satellite for california providing you with a clearer picture of the current cloud cover. Get the forecast here.

Homes burn thousands evacuated 73 photos two cities in oregon reported air quality index numbers that were off the chart this weekend. Air quality index is considered. For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data. There are two major types of current fire information.