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.

Note: Real time forecasts are available again for the 2020 Alaska wildfire season. Please click the 'Forecasts' tab to the left to select our products.

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.