Satellite Pictures Of Northern California Fires

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Satellite pictures of northern california fires.

Across california the three biggest fires along with about 20 other major wildfires and hundreeds of smaller ones have contributed to a statewide curtain of smoke. The below image shows where different fires are burning in northern california as well as tracking the movement of smoke from the fires. Hit reload to view the latest data images are updated every 30 minutes. New satellite images show the smoke from wildfires that s drifted 600 miles into the pacific ocean and made california s air quality plummet to very unhealthy and hazardous levels.

Arrows point to santa rosa above and san francisco below on august 20 2020. Recent satellite images released by nasa vividly show the impact of california s huge lightning sparked wildfires not just across the state but across the country. Probable fires will appear as sharp white spots in the reflectivity images. To view the official analyses by noaa meteorologists please see the hazard mapping system fire and smoke product.

West coast this past week wildfires began to spread rapidly in. A series of massive fires in northern and central california forced more evacuations as they quickly spread darkening the skies and dangerously affecting air quality. Satellite image 2020 maxar. These images are considered raw data with no analysis of fires and or smoke.

A screenshot from noaa nasa s suomi npp satellite showing. As record high temperatures hit the u s. Satellite image 2020 maxar technologies.