DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0253Z August 19, 2019
SMOKE:
Alaska...
The Swan Lake fire continued to burn throughout the day, releasing
moderate-to-heavy density smoke to the south-southeast into the Gulf
of Alaska. Remnant light smoke from Russian wildfires was observed
mixing into obscuring cloud features and moving eastward and into the
Gulf of Alaska.
Four Corners Region...
The Trumbull, Castle and Ikes wildfires remain active in Coconino and
Mohave counties with light-to-moderate density smoke spreading eastward
across northern Arizona and southern Utah. Additional plumes of heavy
density smoke were observed moving northeast from fires burning in
north-central Arizona, central Utah and northern Colorado.
California...
The Springs fire in Mono county was active this morning releasing
moderate density smoke towards the north-northwest and across the Nevada
state border. Throughout the afternoon, the smoke continued to extend
over the California/Nevada border.
Idaho and eastern Oregon...
A wildfire active in northeastern Oregon was visible producing heavy
density smoke moving eastward into northern Idaho. An additional fire
in Idaho was visible producing light density smoke eastward into Montana.
South-central US...
Plumes of light-to-moderate density smoke was observed moving north
from fires burning in eastern Oklahoma. Additional plumes were observed
moving northwest from fires burning in central Kansas, and heavy density
plumes were observed moving northeast into southwestern Oklahoma from
fires burning in northern Texas.
Southeast US and Mid-Atlantic Region...
Light density remnant smoke was seen covering a large portion of the
southeast and the mid-Atlantic regions including northeast Mississippi,
central-northern Alabama, Tennessee, western North Carolina, Virginia,
Maryland and southeast Pennsylvania. The smoke is linked to previous
days burning activity in the region. In addition, new fire activity
created additional smoke prior to cloud development obscuring view.
Southern Mexico...
Numerous fires burning in the Tabasco, Veracruz and Chiapas regions
of Mexico contributed to medium-to-heavy density smoke visible over
the region prior to mixing with cloud features that obscured the view.
Additional plumes of medium density smoke extending to the west-southwest
from fires further north along the Mexican Gulf Coast were also observed.
Rigs situated in the Bay of Campeche released moderate density smoke that
moved north through the Gulf of Mexico, paralleling the Mexican coastline.
Dust...
Suspended Saharan dust could be seen stretching for approximately 1,000
miles along a northeast-southwest sector off the Atlantic coast of
Florida .
A subtle line of dust was visible moving across northern Mexico this
afternoon before dissipating.
Levine
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)
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SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov