DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z September 22, 2018.
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SMOKE:
Wyoming/Utah/Colorado...
Wildfires in western Wyoming continue to burn producing moderate-to-heavy
density smoke moving towards the east into Nebraska. Additional
wildfires in central Utah and northern Colorado can be seen producing
moderate-density smoke plumes moving towards the east.
Northern California/Southwest Oregon...
The Klondike Fire in southwest Oregon intensified during the afternoon
hours resulting in a heavy-density smoke plume which was being transported
to the northeast.
Mississippi Valley/Southeast...
Numerous agricultural fires were again observed this afternoon along the
mid-lower Mississippi Valley, resulting in widespread smoke plumes moving
towards the northeast and covering most of southeast Missouri, eastern
Arkansas, western Mississippi. Light smoke extends over western Tennessee
and western-central Kentucky. Additional short-duration/small agricultural
fires could be seen across Alabama and Georgia with a few identifiable
smoke plumes following the westward low level atmospheric flow.
Western Gulf of Mexico...
Smoke associated with gas flaring at the Bay of Campeche is seen spreading
to the northwest reaching the coastal areas of northeast Mexico.
WS
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)
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