DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z September 10, 2019
SMOKE:
Northern/Central California/Nevada...
Several wildfires across northern and central California were producing
plumes of smoke, with general eastward movement. The fires with the
most notable plumes were the Walker fire in northeastern California,
which was emitting dense smoke extending over northwestern Nevada,
and the Taboose fire in east-central California, which was producing
dense smoke reaching eastward toward the Nevada border and thinner smoke
extending well into southern Nevada. In addition, several agricultural
fires southeast of Fresno were producing thin smoke.
Utah/Wyoming/Colorado/South Dakota/Nebraska...
A patch of leftover thin density smoke primarily 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 afternoon over
eastern Utah, northern Colorado, much of Wyoming, and portions of South
Dakota and Nebraska. Additional fires in Utah and western Colorado were
producing plumes of thin and moderate-density smoke.
Arizona/New Mexico...
Fires in northern and eastern Arizona were seen producing plumes of light
smoke, and a fire in northeastern New Mexico was producing a plume of
moderate smoke. In addition, remnant smoke possibly related to the large
California fires was seen drifting northward across northern Arizona.
Central/South Central/Southeastern U.S...
Numerous agricultural fires, particularly in eastern Oklahoma and Kansas,
Mississippi, Alabama, and on either side of the Mississippi River from the
Ohio River to Louisiana, were producing mainly thin smoke. A few of these
fires were also producing smaller amounts of moderate smoke. In addition,
leftover smoke from previous days' fires in the region, combined with
smoke likely from the western U.S. wildfires, was seen extending from
southern Illinois, Kentucky, and Missouri to the Gulf Coast. Earlier in
the day, leftover smoke was seen extending from the southern Plains to
the southeast Atlantic coast and over the western Gulf of Mexico.
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 extended northwestward from several of
the Yukon fires, and was confined to near the actual fires in Alaska.
DUST:
Northwestern Mexico/Southern California...
Plumes of dust were seen originating from a few areas near the Colorado
River delta in far northwestern Mexico. These plumes were blowing
north-northwestward into southern California, over the region surrounding
the Salton Sea.
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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)
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SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov