Wildfires near Hay River, NT

Fires near Hay River right now

No VIIRS thermal hotspots were detected within 80 km of Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada in the last 48 h. The nearest detection cluster is about 318 km WNW (remote Northwest Territories, 318 km WNW of Hay River), with 3 detections. A clear result only covers satellite passes: small fires, fires under cloud and fires that start after the last overpass will not show yet.

Across Canada there are 109 fire clusters in the same window, 1 of them in Northwest Territories.

Smoke and wind

Wind at Hay River is from the S at 16 km/h (gusts 32 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the N. Relative humidity is 62% and the temperature 2°C.

Smoke shows up first as PM2.5 on air-quality monitors; the Hay River air quality page has the live reading.

Evacuations and official information

GodsView shows satellite detections only. It does not know fire perimeters, containment or evacuation zones. Always follow evacuation orders from local authorities.

CIFFC (ciffc.net) publishes the national wildfire situation; provincial fire status and evacuation alerts come from NWT Fire (gov.nt.ca/en/services/wildfire-operations). Alertable and local emergency alerts carry evacuation orders.

About satellite fire detections

Satellite thermal hotspots are not all wildfires: gas flares, steel works, volcanoes and planned agricultural or prescribed burns show up too. VIIRS passes over most places about twice a day, so a fire can start or grow between passes, and thick smoke or cloud can hide one.

Fire radiative power (FRP) is the heat a fire gives off, in megawatts per pixel: under 10 MW is usually a small or smouldering fire, over 100 MW an intense flaming front.

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