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Welcome to smoke.alaska.edu!

The Weather Research and Forecasting model with inline Chemistry and fire plume rise dynamics (WRF/Chem) is used as core model to forecast the atmospheric dispersion of smoke downstream from Alaska wildfires. Forecasts for up to 72 hours are updated daily with current fire and weather information.

UAFSMOKE is an initiative supported by the Alaska Climate Research Center at the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks in cooperation with colleagues from NOAA's Global System Division, Brazil's Center for Weather Forecasting and Climate Studies (CPTEC/INPE), and the USFS Missoula Fire Sciences Lab.

Note: The 2023 Alaska fire season ended and our forecasts have been discontinued. Updated forecasts will be available again for the 2024 fire season. Thank you for visiting UAFSmoke.