DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0050Z September 14, 2019
SMOKE:
Alaska/Northern Canada...
Large fires remain active in the Yukon Province of northwestern Canada
with smoke effects impacting much of eastern Alaska and northern
Canada. An area of moderate-to-heavy density smoke covered the areas
near the fires in central Yukon, extending to the west into eastern
Alaska. Additional moderate density smoke linked to fires in Yukon
could be seen covering northern Nunavut and northern Hudson Bay. Clouds
prevented observation of smoke elsewhere in that region.
Northern California...
The Walker fire in Plumas County remained active during the afternoon
and early evening hours releasing heavy density smoke towards the
northeast and into northwestern Nevada. The South fire in Tehama County
gained intensity late in the afternoon releasing an elongated plume of
moderate-to-heavy density smoke towards the east and over the Walker
fire area.
Idaho...
A large fire continues to burn in Owyhee county releasing heavy density
smoke towards the northeast and into central Idaho. A cluster of land
management fires can also be seen around Lewis and northwest Idaho
counties, no smoke could be observed due to intermittent cloud coverage.
Arizona...
Separate fires remain active across southern Coconino, Navajo and Apache
counties in central Arizona. Moderate-to-heavy densit smoke could be seen
near the sources. Smoke was dispersing towards the northeast approaching
the New Mexico state border.
Colorado...
Three main fires were active in Saguache, San Miguel and Archuleta
counties in southwest Colorado. Their plumes were being transported to
the east with moderate density smoke extending for approximately 100
miles from the fires.
Mississippi Valley/Southeast US...
Numerous agricultural fires were detected across northern Louisiana,
eastern Arkansas and southeast Missouri, in addition to scattered burning
activity across Alabama and Georgia. Prevailing surface winds were pushing
individual smoke plumes to the west while a large area of upper level
smoke extended from eastern Texas across the lower Mississippi Valley,
western Appalachians, and the Coastal Plain in the southeast.
WS
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