Saturday, August 20, 2016

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1745Z August 20, 2016

SMOKE:
California:
An expansive area of light density remnant smoke was seen coming from the
Wildfires in central California moving eastward through southern Nevada,
northern Arizona/New Mexico, southeastern Utah, majority of Colorado,
northwestern Oklahoma and western Kansas. There is little moderate density
smoke, mainly surrounding the individual wildfires. It is difficult to
determine the full extent of the smoke due to heavy cloud coverage.

Washington/Idaho/Wyoming:
The fires in northwestern Washington are producing light to moderate
density smoke, with the moderate density surrounding the individual
fires. The light density smoke is seen moving southward into western
Oregon. Another patch of light to moderate density smoke is seen
coming from the fires in central Idaho and northeastern Wyoming. The
light density smoke is heading southeastward through southern Idaho,
northeastern Utah and western Wyoming. The moderate density smoke is
seen in central Idaho.


-Kemal


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

 


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.