Noaa Smoke Plume Map

Each indicator appears on the map at the approximate time it became available during the event. That is because smoke that spreads far from its source typically moves at a fairly high altitude—between 5 and 10 kilometers—as winds blow it. 24, 2021, the goes east satellite captured this geocolor imagery of grayish smoke plumes rising into the atmosphere across the southeastern united states.

The map quickly became a key wildfire smoke information source for the public, with more than 7.4 million views in the map’s first three months. Beta plumes with violin dprog/dt charts. While plumes of wildfire smoke from western north america have passed over the northeastern u.s.

This is a blended product using algorithms for the goes imager, the poes avhrr and modis.

Each indicator appears on the map at the approximate time it became available during the event. This may not be the time that the fire spread to that location. Analysts do their best to distinguish between fires and other heat. A quality control procedure is performed by an analyst on the automated fire detections.