DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0310Z July 15, 2020
SMOKE: Texas... Several wildfires east of San Angelo are producing a large light density plume that is spreading to the northeast. Moderate to heavy density plumes are found closer to the wildfire clusters and are also spreading to the northeast. Southern/Central Rockies... A large detached light to moderate density plume covers eastern Utah and most of Colorado. A wildfire in northwestern Colorado is producing a locally heavy density plume. Two main wildfire clusters in far southwestern Utah are emitting heavy density plumes that are moving off to the east-northeast. A large wildfire in the San Carlos Reservation in east-central Arizona is producing a moderate to heavy density plume which is moving to the east-northeast. Califronia-Arizona Border/Northern Baja... A number of wildfires are producing a large light density plume with locally moderate density found close to the wildfire clusters. The plumes are moving to the east and northeast. Central California... The wildfire west of Coalinga continued to burn and is emitting a light density plume that is spreading northward for about 200 miles. A heavy density plume is associated with this wildfire and is spreading about 50 miles to the northeast. DUST: Caribbean/Tropical Atlantic... A large thin density plume from a Saharan Air Layer (SAL) covers much of the Caribbean, the area north of Hispaniola/Puerto Rico, and the eastern part of the tropical Atlantic. Konon THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE. TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg GIS: ftp://satpsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/FIRE/HMS/GIS/ KML: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/fire.kml (fire) http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/smoke.kml (smoke) ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO: SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov