DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0001Z August 21, 2019
SMOKE:
Southwestern U.S...
Wildfires burning primarily in central and northern Arizona were
responsible for a swath of moderate to heavy density smoke which
stretched from northern and northwestern Arizona to the northeast over
south central and eastern Utah to far west central Colorado.
Texas...
A few moderate to heavy smoke plumes were emitting from fires in
northern, central, and southern Texas. All smoke plumes were heading
towards the NNW.
Alaska/Gulf of Alaska...
Cloudiness was impacting smoke detection from satellite imagery over
portions of Alaska and offshore over the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering
Sea though enough breaks in the clouds enabled some smoke to be seen
over central, south central, and western Alaska as well as a portion of
the Bering Sea and the southeastern part of the Gulf of Alaska. Thicker
smoke was present near active wildfires burning in south central Alaska
with the smoke impacting Anchorage.
Rodriguez
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