DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z August 12, 2019
SMOKE:
Alaska/Northern Canada...
Wildfires in southern Alaska were producing plumes of moderate density
smoke, which was primarily confined to the immediate areas of their
parent fires. More widespread light-density smoke from these fires
extended over the Gulf of Alaska and the northern Pacific, as well as
the coast of southeastern Alaska. Additional areas of remnant smoke from
unknown sources was seen across northern Alaska and from the Northwest
Territories of Canada into northern Manitoba.
South-Central US...
Several agricultural fires scattered across Texas, Arkansas, and
Oklahoma were seen producing plumes of primarily light-density smoke,
moving north and east from their sources.
Western US...
The Ikes Fire in northern Arizona was seen producing a plume of
moderate-density smoke moving east-northeast along the Arizona-Utah
border. The Springs Fire south of Mono Lake in California was producing
light-density smoke moving northeastward into Nevada.
DUST:
Western Caribbean Sea/Western Atlantic Ocean...
An narrow band of Saharan dust was seen oriented roughly
southwest-northeast covering much of the western Caribbean Sea, eastern
Cuba, and out over the northwestern Atlantic Ocean.
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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