Satellite information

[Love the Sierra]

Hello,
To what web site do you go look up satellite pictures for snow and other condition information?
NOAA has satellite pictures, of course, but I have no idea how to pinpoint a specific area.
Thanks

[Enigmagic]

Hello,
To what web site do you go look up satellite pictures for snow and other condition information?
NOAA has satellite pictures, of course, but I have no idea how to pinpoint a specific area.
Thanks

I use two primary sources:
https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/ low resolution daily imagery
https://apps.sentinel-hub.com/sentinel-playground/ high resolution, updates every few days (toggle the satellites off and on to get a regular map view)

and there is Caltopo.com's paid access to SentinelHub, some other usable imagery that update a few times daily and a low resolution feed that updates every ten minutes. it's $50 a year tho.

[rlown]

Wow. What did everyone do in the 80's? Just go and adjust as long as the roads are open. We just used to call ranger stations to find out conditions.

[Enigmagic]

Wow. What did everyone do in the 80's? Just go and adjust as long as the roads are open. We just used to call ranger stations to find out conditions.

I too am in favor of banning information sharing on the internet.

[Enigmagic]

one other site I find useful is the HRRR smoke map. it can be a little finnicky (not every run is complete) but it's a pretty good viz tool for short term smoke forecasts.

https://hwp-viz.gsd.esrl.noaa.gov/smoke/