DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1601z September 07, 2019
SMOKE: Northern California/Oregon... The Walker Fire in northeastern California was producing a plume consisting of heavy-density smoke extending ENE into Nevada and Utah, and light to moderate-density smoke extending further into northwestern Colorado. The plumes spread ENE in the afternoon across Nevada and Idaho. The full extent of the the smoke plume was not visible due to cloud coverage over the fire. Great Plains/Southern Great Lakes/Southeastern CONUS... A very large mass of remnant smoke originating from fires in Montana and Wyoming, along with yesterday's agricultural fires in the southeast, extended from eastern Colorado towards the Carolinas, and pushed south across portions of the SE U.S., the northern/central Gulf of Mexico, and western Texas. 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