DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1900Z November 22, 2018.
SMOKE:
California...
Light remnant smoke from the Camp fire in Butte County and the Alder fire
in Sequoia National Forest is seen this morning along the Sacramento and
San Joaquin valleys, extending westward over the San Francisco Bay area.
WS
Earlier This Morning...
SMOKE:
California...
An area of light to moderately dense smoke associated with the Alder
wildfire in the Sequoia National Forest in Tulare County is moving north
reaching the southern portion of the Sierra Mountain chain. Cloud cover
across central/northern sections of the state are blocking the view of
residual smoke that was moving north yesterday.
Southern Florida...
Numerous fires burning south of Lake Okochobee are producing an area of
light smoke moving south across the southern sections of the Florida,
but not reaching the coastline.
J Kibler
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