AK burning
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NimpoCub
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Nimpo Lake, BC . . . AKA "the Floatplane Capital o
91 new fires in BC yesterday!
Apparently we lost a snowmobile cabin in the Rainbow mtns, probably the lil ski hill (rope tow) too. Road closed between here & Bella Coola (Heckman Pass) and some of our guests went hiking & got stranded down there. The rest of their family is having a reunion here !
I showed ya the smallish fire burning near our caribou hills the other day, (Itcha mtns) & yesterday morning it was out, except for a few smoldering spots. Interesting that the fire left patches of trees.
Just a slight breeze blew it downhill so it didn't get too big before they (2 'copters) got it out. You can see the dead/red (beetle kill) pines in the foreground that have been drying for 3 years now. They're explosive.
I hope all's well @ YOUR house!
Apparently we lost a snowmobile cabin in the Rainbow mtns, probably the lil ski hill (rope tow) too. Road closed between here & Bella Coola (Heckman Pass) and some of our guests went hiking & got stranded down there. The rest of their family is having a reunion here !
I showed ya the smallish fire burning near our caribou hills the other day, (Itcha mtns) & yesterday morning it was out, except for a few smoldering spots. Interesting that the fire left patches of trees.
Just a slight breeze blew it downhill so it didn't get too big before they (2 'copters) got it out. You can see the dead/red (beetle kill) pines in the foreground that have been drying for 3 years now. They're explosive.
I hope all's well @ YOUR house!
Alaska Wildfire Smoke
There are more than 80 active wildfires in Alaska now. We developed a model for smoke forecasting here at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. In case you want to check for smoke in your Alaska flight planning, go to http://smoke.arsc.edu/ and select 'Current Fires' for a fast fire overview, and 'Forecasts' for smoke particulate concentration. The system is basically a blown up state of the art weather model with wildfire emissions and smoke chemistry. The web page and graphics are preliminary, only surface smoke graphics are posted at the moment. Note that a PM-2.5 (particulate matter with a diameter less than 2.5 micrometers) concentration of over 250 refers to a visibility of less than a mile.
The times in the graphics are Zulu. Forecast updates are done every night.
I hope this product helps. Critics, ideas for web page and graphics improvements, verification are always welcome. I plan to add visibility (as a function of smoke concentration) forecasts, additional pressure levels, vertical profiles at selected locations, and animations soon.
Thanks,
-Martin
There are more than 80 active wildfires in Alaska now. We developed a model for smoke forecasting here at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. In case you want to check for smoke in your Alaska flight planning, go to http://smoke.arsc.edu/ and select 'Current Fires' for a fast fire overview, and 'Forecasts' for smoke particulate concentration. The system is basically a blown up state of the art weather model with wildfire emissions and smoke chemistry. The web page and graphics are preliminary, only surface smoke graphics are posted at the moment. Note that a PM-2.5 (particulate matter with a diameter less than 2.5 micrometers) concentration of over 250 refers to a visibility of less than a mile.
The times in the graphics are Zulu. Forecast updates are done every night.
I hope this product helps. Critics, ideas for web page and graphics improvements, verification are always welcome. I plan to add visibility (as a function of smoke concentration) forecasts, additional pressure levels, vertical profiles at selected locations, and animations soon.
Thanks,
-Martin
cub_driver
Registered User
Big Lake AK
Martin
Thanks for the link. I am currently on the north slope in 26 years I have never seen smoke up here as heavy as yesterdays. Must have alot of acreage on fire south of the brooks.
I noticed on the map there area a couple small fires around my home. Is there anyway I could click on the area and be linked to more information?
Thanks
Cub_Driver
Thanks for the link. I am currently on the north slope in 26 years I have never seen smoke up here as heavy as yesterdays. Must have alot of acreage on fire south of the brooks.
I noticed on the map there area a couple small fires around my home. Is there anyway I could click on the area and be linked to more information?
Thanks
Cub_Driver
Cub_Driver,
the best up to date online information on fires is available from the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center at http://fire.ak.blm.gov/
Check the link for the link on the left for 'Maps/ Imagery/ Geospatial' and then go to Fire Information. The link is a bit slow, but you can zoom in the map and even get good information on fire shape and extend.
-Martin
the best up to date online information on fires is available from the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center at http://fire.ak.blm.gov/
Check the link for the link on the left for 'Maps/ Imagery/ Geospatial' and then go to Fire Information. The link is a bit slow, but you can zoom in the map and even get good information on fire shape and extend.
-Martin
Christina Young
Registered User
Andover-Aeroflex, 12N
Here is a picture of a huge fire I flew past about 3 weeks ago in Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, about 75 miles west of Circle Hot Springs. No one was fighting it at the time, they were just letting it burn because it apparently wasn't threatening anything. This fire just stretched on for miles.
Cub_Driver, try this interactive map of current Alaska forest fire activity which I've always found useful in my flights around the state:
http://afsmaps.blm.gov/imf/imf.jsp?site=fire.
I hope all is well in Big Lake!
Cub_Driver, try this interactive map of current Alaska forest fire activity which I've always found useful in my flights around the state:
http://afsmaps.blm.gov/imf/imf.jsp?site=fire.
I hope all is well in Big Lake!
