No. Weather forecasting is based on a model of our atmosphere and is never 100% accurate. Additionally, wildfire conditions can change rapidly! SmokeWx updates it's forecast multiple times a day to keep up with changing condition.
As the statistician George Box once said, "All models are wrong, but some are useful!"
Given the dangers involved with poor air quality and wildfires, always consult local authorities for more information or actions required to stay safe.
At this time we allow for one location per device running the app. We're working to allow multiple locations in the future.
SmokeWx processes over 20,000 forecasts for cities and towns across the US and Canada. The locations in our database should cover nearly everyone, but it's possible your town isn't specifically in our database. In this case SmokeWx will chose the closest town or city.
The data in SmokeWx comes from a few sources. The actual smoke data is derived from NOAA's Rapid Refresh weather model (RAP), which includes multi layered prediction of wildfire smoke. Specifically, the mass of PM2.5 particulate generated by wildfires. SmokeWx processes this data 4 times a day into forecasts and graphics for the map. We chose this model over the HRRR due to domain coverage and accuracy, however we're already prepping for new models coming out soon. The raw data can be found here: nomads.ncep.noaa.gov
GOES satellite imagery is processed by SmokeWx every 30 minutes and the source data comes from NOAA. The raw data can be found here (replace GOES18 with GOES16 to change folders): cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov
Fire data is updated several times a day and originates from National Interagency Fire Center. More information can be found on their website here: data-nifc.opendata.arcgis.com/