DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1830Z November 11, 2018.
SMOKE:
California...
The Camp fire in Butte County increased activity again overnight releasing
heavy smoke towards the southwest and over the Pacific Ocean. A large
plume consisting of light-to-moderate density smoke from the Camp fire
and the Hill and Woosley fires to the south dominate a large area of the
California and Baja California coastlines extending for over 200 miles
offshore. Residual smoke from the last two days of wildfire activity
create long protrusions extending for approximately 600 miles west off
Baja California, and to the east across southern Arizona and southwest
New Mexico. Additional pockets of moderate-density smoke can also be
seen along a stagnant plume covering the central San Joaquin Valley and
just northwest of the Alder fire in Sequoia National Forest.
DUST:
Far Southeast California...
A brief burst of blowing dust was seen coming off of Death Valley this
morning traveling approximately 30 miles towards the southeast.
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)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov