Noaa Goes Satellite California Fires

Noaa satellites noaasatellites september 9 2020 they show the smoke drifting from oregon heading south into california and through the san francisco bay area over a two day period starting.

Noaa goes satellite california fires. To the north a mid latitude cyclone spins over the gulf of alaska while hurricane genevieve continues its path toward baja california. Goes west imagery 30 minutes. Goes east conus full disk northern rockies upper mississippi valley great lakes northeast southern rockies southern plains southern mississippi valley southeast u s. Real time satellite fire monitoring goes west.

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. Analysts do their best to distinguish between fires and other heat sources or highly reflective surfaces such as factories mines gas flares solar panels clouds etc. Noaa s geostationary operational environmental satellite goes provides 5min observations over the conterminous u s. The satellite sensors used to detect fires are sensitive to heat sources and reflected sunlight.

But some false detects do get included in the analysis. Goes 17 goes west is monitoring a number of fires in california. East coast canada northern atlantic ocean caribbean gulf of mexico puerto rico tropical atlantic ocean eastern pacific ocean mexico central america south america north south. The hazy smoke is also visible off the california coast where the normally blue waters of the pacific ocean have taken on a beige gray colored hue.

This image captured by the goes east satellite on june 26 2018 shows smoke extending across california s central valley into neighboring nevada as the fires have grown in size. Goes active fire detection data. In this imagery from august 19 2020 which combines geocolor imagery with the fire temperature data product both the fires hotspots and smoke plumes are visible. Imagery available about 25 minutes later.