DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z September 16, 2019
SMOKE:
Middle and Lower Mississippi Valley...
Another round of primarily seasonal/agricultural burning occurred during
the day which resulted in numerous plumes of thin to locally moderate
density smoke impacting southeastern Missouri, eastern Arkansas, and
far western Tennessee.
Area from Oregon and Northern California to the North Central U.S. and
South Central Canada...
Ongoing wildfires continue to burn in northern California, south central
Oregon, and southwestern Idaho with a few new fires also detected in
south central Oregon, central Idaho, and western Montana. Thick smoke
plumes were visible fanning out to the northeast from at least 3 of
the wildfires in northern California, 2 of the fires in south central
Oregon, and 1 in southwestern Idaho. A larger area of thin to moderate
density leftover smoke from these fires covers much of the region from
northern California and south central Oregon across Idaho, Montana, and
the northern part of Wyoming to the western Dakotas and up into south
central Canada. Some cloud cover over portions of this area, especially
near the Walker Fire in Plumas County of northeastern California, did
interfere with additional information on the density and the extent of
the smoke from satellite imagery.
Southwestern U.S...
A few of the wildfires which were burning in portions of Arizona,
Utah, and Colorado were visible through breaks in the clouds though the
widespread cloud cover did significantly interfere with smoke detection
from satellite imagery over the Southwestern U.S.
Alaska/Northwestern Canada/Gulf of Alaska...
Wildfires were scattered across the Yukon of northwestern Canada with
just a few detected in southeastern and east central Alaska. Little of
the smoke which was visible earlier in the morning over eastern Alaska,
the Yukon, and offshore over the Gulf of Alaska could be seen later in
the day due to an increase in cloud cover over the region.
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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