DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z October 19, 2018.
CORRECTED FOR DATE AND TIME THROUGH WHICH IMAGERY WAS ANALYZED
SMOKE:
California/Pacific NW/British Columbia...
Smoke plumes of varying density were observed emanating from fires
(both wildfires and agricultural burns) across California, Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, and western Montana. The smoke plumes were moving in
various directions, with some moving in two or more directions. Across
the mountains of California and the Klondike Fire in southwestern Oregon,
the smoke was moving west. Across the San Joaquin Valley, smoke was moving
east. Smoke was also moving east across much of Oregon, northern Idaho,
and western Montana. Smoke was moving south across southern Idaho and
southeastern Oregon. Also noted was cloud cover which may have obscured
smoke analysis across British Columbia. In addition to the observed
smoke plumes, thin density remnant smoke was observed moving south over
central Oregon and northwestern California. This remnant smoke was due
to active fires from yesterday.
Southeastern U.S...
A couple of localized thin density smoke plumes were seen spreading
to the west from agricultural fires near Lake Okeechobee in southern
Florida. Daily seasonal fire activity over Mississippi, Alabama, and
Georgia was also producing light density smoke plumes that were observed
being blown towards the southwest. Scattered cloud cover across northern
portions of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia may have obscured visibility
of a few smoke plumes there.
Northern Plains...
Mainly light density smoke plumes from presumably agricultural fires
was observed from southern Saskatchewan into northern Wisconsin moving
off toward the northeast.
Hosley
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