Smoke in the Idaho Backcountry
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Does anyone know of a website, or an android app would be even better, that shows very recent/updated hi-res satellite cloud cover that covers state sized areas? The only ones I can find are either too big of an area to see smoke very well,too low a resolution or are too old. The best ones I've found are here
http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/imagery.php?op=fire&fireID=id-mt-000 but the photos are always from the day before so they are not that useful.
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That is the best I've found. They update every afternoon at 20:00z.
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I came out of Thomas creek yesterday, very smokey. Very little forward visibility. I never lost contact with the terrain but it wasn't fun. Afternoons have been best.
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