Smoke From Western Wildfires Affecting Air Quality Across the Country This post first appeared on NASA Earth Observatory and was written by Adam Voiland. Smoke from fires raging in central and western North America has spread widely across the continent. Skies have turned hazy in cities ranging from Boston to Washington, D.C., as smoke from fires in Canada’s Manitoba and Ontario provinces poured into the U.S. Northeast. Related: Wildfire Smoke […] Fire Firebrains | July 22, 2021 0 Comments
Smoke Can Be Seen From Space From 220+ Wildfires Burning Across the PNW The extraordinary heatwave that scorched the Pacific Northwest in June 2021 has diminished, but substantial fires continued to burn across the region in July. Exacerbated by extreme heat and wind, more than 40 fires started burning across British Columbia in late June. By July 8, that number climbed to more than 200 active fires across the Canadian province, of which […] Fire Firebrains | July 12, 2021 0 Comments
Smoke Finally Clears in California Allowing Polar-Orbiting Satellite to Capture First Images of Snow this Year California, that you? Thought we lost you there for a minute… After the worst fire season in modern history for California, much of the smoke from wildfires throughout the state has apparently cleared, allowing this polar-orbiting satellite to capture images of snow mountains. The National Weather Service wrote in a social media post yesterday: It’s been awhile since we’ve been able […] Weather WeatherBrains | November 10, 2020 0 Comments
Denver, CO Sees Worst Air Quality in 10 Years According to a report by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the Denver metro has had more alerts for fine particulate matter in 2020 than any full year in the last decade. This means that Denver’s air quality this year is the worst it’s been in over 10 years, likely due in part to this year’s horrendous wildfire […] SnowBrains | October 12, 2020 0 Comments
Yosemite National Park, CA Closed Due to Significant Smoke Impacts and Hazardous Air Quality Yosemite National Park announced yesterday that the park will close to all visitors and vehicular access due to significant smoke impacts and hazardous air quality throughout the park. All park entrance stations and roads closed from 5:00 pm last night, Thursday, September 17, 2020. Related: Smoke from Western U.S. Fires Has Reached Europe With air quality projected to be in […] Fire Firebrains | September 18, 2020 0 Comments
Smoke from Western U.S. Fires Has Reached Europe Smoke from the major west coast fires has now reached parts of Western Europe. Earlier this week smoke had reached parts of the East Coast. The NWS forecast for last Wednesday shows major smoke moving into Canada, the North East U.S., and all the way down to Virginia. Related: As Wildfires Intensify New Smoke Forecasting Models Are Needed The smoke […] Fire Ryan Flynn | September 18, 2020 1 Comment
Smoke From Wildfires On the West Coast Has Reached New York City and Europe Smoke from the wildfires devastating much of the west coast reached the east coast Tuesday, and have even been reported as far east as Europe. A haze was noticeable in the sky in New York City, and Washington, DC, although thankfully the haze is so high in the sky, it should not affect air quality. Smoke has also been reported in the […] Fire Firebrains | September 16, 2020 1 Comment
Photo Tour: Apocalyptic Smoke Suffocates Pacific Coast as Wildfires Continue to Ravage the West Note: all photos in this article are during total daytime and are completely unedited and true tone I woke up this morning at 8 am for my first online class of the day only to be greeted by darkness in my room. I opened my curtains only to be greeted by a smoke-induced hellscape. I had to do some reality […] Fire Clay Malott | September 10, 2020 5 Comments
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