DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z September 16, 2019
SMOKE:
Northwestern Canada...
Large wildfires remain active in central Yukon. Excessive cloud coverage
prevented smoke delineation across that region.
Northern California...
The Walker fire was still showing signs of activity during the early
morning hours. A large cloud field moving inland prevented smoke
observations over the area.
Lower Midwest/Mississippi Valley/Southeast U.S...
Several small and short-duration agricultural fires could be seen this
morning across most of the southeast and the mid-lower Mississippi
Valley. A large area consisting of light density remnant smoke at the
upper levels of the atmosphere extend from eastern Texas through Georgia,
up the mid-Atlantic and across the western Appalachians, lower mid-west
and the mid-lower Mississippi Valley.
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