DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1615z September 03, 2019
SMOKE:
Alaska/Canada...
Due to heavy cloud cover smoke from the Alaskan fires could not be seen
this morning.
Northwestern US...
The 204 Cow Fire remained active along the Grant and Baker county lines in
eastern Oregon, with moderate-to-heavy density smoke dispersing towards
the Northeast and across the Idaho state border. A few wildfires were
also seen in central-northern Idaho with light-to-moderate density smoke
visible. A fire located approximately 25 miles east of Yellowstone Lake
in northwest Wyoming was releasing heavy-density smoke towards the East.
Southeast US...
A fire Northwest of Edgefield Louisiana was observed emitting light to
moderate smoke that was observed blowing West into Texas.
-Westbrook
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