DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z September 20, 2014
SMOKE: California: An area of light-density smoke is visible over much of northwestern California, originating from the King wildfire located east of Sacramento, CA. The smoke is moving westward towards the coast and empties into the Pacific Ocean. Some of the remnant smoke is visible moving north, towards the weakened Happy Camp complex. Central U.S: Areas of light density remnant smoke is visible moving eastward throughout the plains into the Midwest. Two separate plumes are visible moving through western Wyoming, Nebraska, western Colorado, Kansas, northern Oklahoma, northern Texas, Missouri, northern Arkansas, and southern Illinois. This smoke is likely a combination of remnant smoke from the King wildfire as well as smoke associated with the multitude of agricultural burns that have been occurring throughout the Mississippi Valley. Oegerle 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/Products/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