DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z September 9, 2019
SMOKE:
Northeastern California/Northwestern and North Central Nevada...
The Walker fire in the Plumas National Forest in Northeastern California
continued to burn and was producing a smoke plume of varying density
which moved to the east into northwestern and north central Nevada. The
thicker smoke this morning was confined to an area closer to the fire
in northeastern California and northwestern Nevada.
Utah/Wyoming/Colorado/South Dakota/Nebraska...
A patch of leftover thin density smoke associated with wildfires burning
in the Western U.S. and in particular the fires in the Sierras of eastern
California and in central Utah was seen this morning over eastern Utah,
western and northern Colorado, much of Wyoming, and the western portions
of South Dakota and Nebraska.
Southern Nevada/southeastern California/Western Arizona...
Leftover patches of thin density smoke attributed mainly to the wildfires
burning in California could be seen this morning over southern Nevada,
along with far southeastern California and western and central Arizona.
Central/South Central/Southeastern U.S...
A large area of leftover thin density smoke linked to the wildfires
burning in the Western U.S. and local seasonal/agricultural fires
burning within the region was seen covering portions of the Central,
South Central, and Southeastern U.S.
Southeastern Alaska and Northwestern Canada/Yukon Province...
Wildfires burning in southeastern Alaska and the Yukon Province of
northwestern Canada were responsible for sizable areas of thin density
smoke over southeastern and east central Alaska, the central portion of
the Yukon, and the western part of the Northwest Territories. Moderately
dense to locally thicker smoke was confined to near the actual fires
and in the nearby valleys this morning.
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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