DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z September 02, 2019
SMOKE:
Alaska/Canada...
Remnant smoke remains visible over northeast Alaska and northern Yukon
and Northwest Territories. Despite a few fire locations still being
active in southern Alaska and central Yukon, individual plumes could
not be observed due to excess cloud coverage in the region.
Central US...
A large area of remnant light-density smoke was seen covering the
central US, including the Great Plains (South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas
and Oklahoma) and the lower Mississippi Valley (Missouri, Arkansas, and
Louisiana), and extending towards to northeast over Illinois, Indiana,
western Tennessee and Kentucky. Several short-lived agricultural fires
were detected across western Mississippi, northern Louisiana, and
southeast Arkansas with individual plumes of moderate density spreading
towards the southwest.
Western US...
Several wildfires were actively burning across the region during the
afternoon and early evening hours. The Pedro Mountain fire in Carbon
County/Wyoming was releasing heavy density smoke towards the east for
approximately 100 miles. Wildfires in central and northern Idaho had
moderate density smoke dispersing towards the northeast - these included
the Shady in Custer County, Smith Knob in Idaho County, and the Shale
Creek fire in Clearwater County. In Oregon, the 204 Cow Fire located
along the Grant-Baker County line stood out with heavy smoke dispersing
towards the northeast over Baker City and across Idaho's state border.
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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