DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z August 30, 2019
SMOKE:
Alaska/Gulf of Alaska/Canada...
Fires in southern Alaska and northwestern Canada were likely responsible
for large areas of light-density remnant smoke seen stretching from
Alaska to Ontario. Cloud cover prevented possible analysis of any smoke
directly connected to these fires.
Western CONUS...
Scattered wildfire activity in central California, northern Arizona,
and northwestern New Mexico was producing light-density smoke plumes
drifting mainly eastward from their parent fires. Smoke likely from the
Triple Nickel fire in New Mexico was also seen to the west-southwest of
that fire.
Wyoming...
The Pedro Mountain fire in central Wyoming was seen emitting a plume
of moderate density smoke stretching eastward. Light-density smoke was
observed as far east as the Wyoming/Nebraska border.
Southeastern CONUS...
Agricultural fires were seen scattered across much of the southeastern
U.S., from far eastern Texas to Georgia. These fires were producing
mainly small, light-density smoke plumes. East of the Mississippi River,
plume motion was predominately westward from parent fires, while to the
west of the river, motion was predominately northward.
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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