Wednesday, September 19, 2018

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z September 19, 2018.

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SMOKE:
North-central CONUS/Southern and Southeastern Canada...
A large area of smoke attributed primarily to wildfires burning in
western Wyoming, north central Utah, and northern and western Colorado was
seen in satellite imagery this morning extending from northeastern Utah,
western Wyoming, and southeastern Montana eastward across the Northern and
Central Plains, the Great Lakes region, the Ohio Valley, a portion of the
Northeast, and the Middle Atlantic region. Embedded moderately dense smoke
was located mainly over the Great Lakes region and moving to the east and
southeast. Locally thicker smoke was also seen closer to the wildfires.

Southern Oregon/Northern California...
Thin density smoke linked to wildfires continuing to burn in southwestern
Oregon and Northern California was visible over a small portion of far
southern and southwestern Oregon and northern California. Some of the
smoke was also spreading to the south along and off the northern and
central California coast.

Middle and Lower Mississippi Valley/Southern Plains, Southeastern U.S...
A region of thin density smoke mainly associated with nearby seasonal
fires was noted covering the Middle and Lower Mississippi Valley as
well as the South Central  and Southeastern U.S. from eastern Texas
eastward to southern Georgia and northern Florida and off the Georgia
and northeastern Florida coast.

DUST:
Tropical Atlantic Ocean...
A batch of rather significant Saharan Dust was visible a bit farther
to the west than yesterday over the tropical Atlantic Ocean with the
leading edge now spreading westward over Puerto Rico.

JS


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

 


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.