Smoke forecast for June 16, 2021

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Forecast for vertically integrated smoke at 6 p.m. MDT June 16, 2021. NOAA.

It is only mid-June and we are already looking at large-scale wildland fire smoke issues.

These maps predict the distribution of smoke at 6 p.m. MDT today, June 16, 2021.

Vertically integrated smoke depicts all of the smoke in a vertical column, including smoke high in Earth’s atmosphere and can produce red sunrises and sunsets. In some cases where it is only at high altitudes it may not be very noticeable on the ground.

Near-surface smoke refers to the smoke that will hover within 8 meters (26 feet) of the ground—the kind responsible for burning eyes and aggravated asthma.

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Forecast for near-surface smoke at 6 p.m. MDT June 16, 2021. NOAA.

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Author: Bill Gabbert

After working full time in wildland fire for 33 years, he continues to learn, and strives to be a Student of Fire.

6 thoughts on “Smoke forecast for June 16, 2021”

  1. Stop yard waste burning and home heating with wood. Stop buying diesel trucks little boys. Time. To step up and become a man. Compost yard waste heat your home with cleaner burning gas . Yard waste can be pick Ed up and burned in power generation plants smoke free for the most part . The grim reaper gas come to call and we’re all going to die unless we can beat mother natures play to rid the planet of mans abuse to her beautiful baby

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  2. I met a 30 year CDF man. Said they play a lot of games when it comes to getting fires go out of control . This was near Yosemite. I moved to Coos Bay OF to get way from that smoke which is as bad as cigarettsmoke. Well 2020 was so bad i fled. To Colorado. Didn’t help . Our smoke went dal the way to Europe . Gov Brown said the forests are all dried out from too many decades of drought and upon looking into it, most forrests around the world are in the same situation . Put the fires out as soon as they start. Seems like everyone is getting copd,
    asthema. I read forrests generate their own rain because rain water flows past the roots too quickly to do much good stop cutting the forrests put all fires out asap even if we all have to become firefighters to do it.Man made global warming is going to try to take us out

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  3. “Managed” fires are being used to avoid smoke regulations and NEPA reviews, as well as causing our firefighters to breath much more smoke than necessary. It’s time to stop them.

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  4. “Managed” fires are being used to avoid smoke regulations and NEPA reviews, as well as causing our firefighters to breath much more smoke than necessary. It’s time to stop them.

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  5. Excellent depiction of what communities and individuals are faced with from smoke inhalation. Thanks, Bill.
    This is one of the PRIMARY reasons for KEEPING FIRES SMALL AND HITTING THEM HARD AS HELL AT THE POINT OF INITIAL ATTACK. Stop the so-called “managed fire” concept nonsense that some highly experienced individuals have bought into. Yes, I’ve listened to the justifications from researchers and a few at the top in the USFS, and their pitch for utilizing a “managed approach” on wildfires, but their strategy lacks any serious consideration for those 50,000 to 60,000 individuals that are dying EACH YEAR from smoke inhalation; either directly and or indirectly due to breathing complications they already have, nor do they give any value to a stabilized watershed versus one that is scorched and eroding, let alone the wildlife habitat, some of which is “Critical Habitat,” that is lost. My suggestion is for “those that direct tactics” on fires, take a step back and reassess the criteria from which they determine their tactics, and they just might conclude that spending a few million bucks on IA (initial attack) by bringing all your resources to bear, will save all of the above, plus firefighters themselves eating any more smoke than absolutely necessary.

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    1. Yes, where did we go sideways on this? Dr. Gabbert’s Rx is a lost concept it seems, as more and more fires are being allowed to grow larger (and deliberately made larger) because of the lack of aggressive IA. I’m speaking generally, of course, because there are exceptions, but I’d like to understand the reasoning why. Again, I know that aggressive IA got us into this mess, but quit burning off whole mountain ranges because it’s easier than going direct when you could have. Of course you can’t go direct when a fire is beyond the capabilities of your resources, but sooner than later would save habitat, smoke issues, fatigue, money, and allow those resources to be used elsewhere for IA. No wonder many think we don’t have enough aircraft and firefighters, they’re all committed on huge fires all summer.

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