DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1601Z September 22, 2019
SMOKE:
Great Lakes region U.S...
An small area of remnant thin density smoke likely mixed with other
atmospheric pollutants was observed in northern Alabama moving north
across Tennessee and reaching southern Kentucky. This smoke was likely
the result of seasonal/agricultural type fire activity in the Central
and Southeastern U.S. from previous days.
Arizona...
The Ikes fire continues to burn in north-central Arizona this morning
and early afternoon producing thin smoke, with localized moderately
dense smoke, stretching towards the NW and then turning south.
British Columbia/Alberta...
Extensive cloud cover across Alaska and northwestern Canada prevented
smoke detection in satellite imagery despite the wildfire activity
especially in British Columbia and Alberta.
Rodriguez
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