DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z November 9, 2018.
SMOKE:
Northern California/Santa Ana Mountains/Pacific Ocean...
The Camp wildfire in northern California continues to emit very thick
smoke this morning and afternoon. This smoke plume is moving towards the
west within the Sacramento Valley and then moving south towards the San
Francisco Bay area. Older, remnant smoke is observed across portions of
the Pacific ocean, from just south of Tijuana, Mexico west to about the
(34N, 132W) point (putting the smoke over 900 km offshore) and north and
north-northwest towards the mountains just north of the San Francisco
Bay area. The remnant smoke closes to the fire is moderate to thick in
density while the smoke further away is lighter in nature. The Hill fire
in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, which has spread rapidly toward the
coast this morning, is also producing dense smoke. This smoke plume is
moving out across the Channel Islands into the Pacific, where the plume
meets up with the plume from the Camp Fire.
Southeastern San Joaquin Valley...
The ongoing Alder fire in Sequoia National Park was observed emitting
moderately dense to thick smoke this afternoon. The smoke is initially
moving off toward the west, but is then moved back north and east back
into the Sierras, accumulating along the valley rim and just seeping
over the lowest passes.
Southern Florida...
Seasonal/agricultural burning was detected across portions of south
Florida near Lake Okeechobee. This smoke was moving off towards the
west-northwest across Lake Okeechobee, with some smoke possible off to
the southwest of Lake Okeechobee that is obscured by cloud cover.
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