DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0120Z August 25, 2019
SMOKE: Alaska/Gulf of Alaska... The Swan Lake fire in the Kenai Peninsula remained active this afternoon releasing moderate density smoke to the southeast, covering much of the central and eastern Gulf of Alaska, and reaching the coastline of British Columbia. Another fire in the Nushagak Hills was also seen releasing light-to-moderate density smoke to the south-southeast extending across the Shelikof Strait and into the western Gulf of Alaska. Oregon... The Cow Fire was active this afternoon releasing moderate-to-heavy density smoke towards the east for approximately 100 miles reaching the Idaho state border. California... The Cow fire in Sequoia National Park could be seen emitting heavy density smoke towards the east and over the Death Valley. Two other yet unnamed fires were observed in Lassen county releasing moderate-to-heavy density smoke towards the east and across the Nevada state border. Arizona... Three separate wildfires in central and northern Arizona (Ikes, Castle and Sheridan) were actively emitting moderate density smoke this afternoon. The plumes were dispersing towards the east each extending for approximately 100-150 miles from the source. New Mexico... The Triple Nickle fire picked up activity towards the end of the afternoon producing a moderate-to-heavy density smoke plume that extended for 150 miles to the east-southeast passing over Albuquerque. Mexico/Gulf of Mexico... Remnant smoke from numerous seasonal fires along eastern Mexico and central Yucatan Peninsula covered much of the region, extending into the western Gulf of Mexico. Additional smoke could be seen originating from gas flaring activity at the Bay of Campeche with the plume dispersing towards the northwest. 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