DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0135Z September 18, 2019
SMOKE:
Great Plains/Mississippi Valley/Southeastern U.S...
Numerous seasonal fires were detected again over potions of the Middle and
Lower Mississippi Valley. Scattered fire activity could also be observed
across much of the southeastern U.S. in addition to eastern Texas,
Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri. A small number of relatively
small plumes of variable direction could be seen associated with those
fires whereas a large plume of upper level thin density remnant smoke from
previous day fire activity extends over the Great Plains, the Middle and
Upper Mississippi Valley up to southern Hudson Bay, and Southeastern U.S.
Western U.S...
Scattered wildfire activity was observed over the western U.S. producing
moderate to thin density plumes generally progressing northeast.
British Columbia/Northwestern Canada...
Extensive cloud cover across Alaska and northwestern Canada prevented
smoke detection in satellite imagery despite the wildfire activity
especially in British Columbia.
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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