Forecast for wildland fire smoke, June 12, 2021

This is the forecast for the distribution of near surface wildland fire smoke at 8 a.m. MDT June 12, 2021. Created by NOAA June 11, 2021.

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. View all posts by Bill Gabbert

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Hi Bill – I looked up the fires that are contributing to this smoke map at one of my favorite webs: USFS Active Fire Maps.

https://fsapps.nwcg.gov/afm/activefiremaps.php

There’s a big message that Active Fire Maps is due to be discontinued at the end of the year, and replaced by the FIRMS Fire Map. Of course, the FIRMS map looks much fancier and must have cost millions to construct, but will it really be better than a simple jpeg file that shows the satellite data of fire locations several times per day? (Why does the gov’t make things more complicated? Don’t answer; rhetorical question.)

https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/usfs/map/#d:2021-06-11..2021-06-12;l:noaa20-viirs,viirs,modis_a,modis_t,active-usa,active-ca;@-100.0,40.0,4z

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