Friday, May 3, 2013

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1515 May 3, 2013

Smoke:
N. California and Nevada:
A large area of light to dense remnant smoke is visible from the wildfire,
Panther, in eastern Tehama county, California. The middle to lower
level smoke is visible moving from northern California to the west into
the Pacific Ocean, covering portions of the northern valley including
Glenn, Butte, Mendocino, Lake, N. Colusa counties. Higher elevation
smoke has been moving east ward over the N. Sierras to central Nevada
covering much of Pershing, Lander, Eureka, NE Nye, Western White Pine
counties. Moderately dense smoke is trapped in the valleys of Plumas
county.

S. California:
A plume of dense smoke is visible from wildfire Spring, located in Ventura
county, California. The smoke is moving southwest and covers the Channel
Islands and adjacent Pacific Ocean (out to 131km~ from source.)


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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.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/hms.html
GIS:    http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm
KML:    http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.