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For those who don't live here, a series of dry thunderstorms last weekend sparked a number of wildfires that have combined to burn more than 1500 square miles (more than 4000 square kilometers) in less than a week.
Airnow's map is slow to load, but shows smoke, air monitors (including the Purple Air ones^[footnote]), and fires all at once: https://fire.airnow.gov/?lat=37.40&lng=-122.077&zoom=10#
A less detailed, fast, static map for the SF Bay Area is available at http://www.baaqmd.gov.
Last, but not least, there is a forecast of surface-level smoke available at https://hwp-viz.gsd.esrl.noaa.gov/smoke/. I found it from https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea, which is a good source of news for the Bay Area.
[footnote]: To make the numbers match, I had to set PurpleAir to show One-Hour Averages with the LRAPA scoring. See https://imgur.com/a/d6yFtow.
For those who don't live here, a series of dry thunderstorms last weekend sparked a number of wildfires that have combined to burn more than 1500 square miles (more than 4000 square kilometers) in less than a week.
Here's a great map: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EgHuZ8XUcAEii18?format=png&name=...
What is the source for this data?
I've found http://www.airnow.gov very helpful and faster to load than the Purple Air map. They also have a simple but efficient app. Airnow's map is slow to load, but shows smoke, air monitors (including the Purple Air ones^[footnote]), and fires all at once: https://fire.airnow.gov/?lat=37.40&lng=-122.077&zoom=10# A less detailed, fast, static map for the SF Bay Area is available at http://www.baaqmd.gov . Last, but…
I like PurpleAir's air quality map but felt it was a bit too slow to check frequently. So I used their API to make the fastest air quality site around: https://aqi.today
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Unfortunately the same conditions are reappearing which will negatively compound the situation: https://www.chicoer.com/2020/08/23/national-weather-service-...
> A map of the Red Flag Warning can be found on the US National Weather Service’s Facebook page. Anything more available?
Their Twitter feed is also worth subscribing to:
I've found http://www.airnow.gov very helpful and faster to load than the Purple Air map. They also have a simple but efficient app. Airnow's map is slow to load, but shows smoke, air monitors (including the Purple Air ones^[footnote]), and fires all at once: https://fire.airnow.gov/?lat=37.40&lng=-122.077&zoom=10# A less detailed, fast, static map for the SF Bay Area is available at http://www.baaqmd.gov . Last, but…
Thank you for sharing this!
I've found http://www.airnow.gov very helpful and faster to load than the Purple Air map. They also have a simple but efficient app. Airnow's map is slow to load, but shows smoke, air monitors (including the Purple Air ones^[footnote]), and fires all at once: https://fire.airnow.gov/?lat=37.40&lng=-122.077&zoom=10# A less detailed, fast, static map for the SF Bay Area is available at http://www.baaqmd.gov . Last, but…
I'm surprised though why the data is so different between airnow and purpleair. On AirNow, SF currently shows unhealthy air (150~) whereas purpleair shows 88 (moderate). Which one of these is more reliable and real-time?