DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z September 24, 2019
SMOKE:
Kansas...
Agricultural burns throughout much of Kansas were observed emitting
mainly light smoke, with one or two a little thicker than the rest. The
smoke from these burns was moving off to the north-northwest.
Mid-Mississippi Valley...
Agricultural burns across northern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri
were producing moderate smoke. The smoke was fanning out towards the
south-southeast in the wake of a cold front.
Southeastern CONUS...
More agricultural burns were noted from across southern North Carolina to
the ArkLaTex. Smoke across the Carolinas and eastern Georgia was moving
east, while smoke from southern Georgia into the ArkLaTex was moving
clockwise around high pressure centered over the northern Mississippi.
California...
A wildfire broke out this afternoon in Sequoia National Forest that began
to output thick smoke late this afternoon and early evening. Much of the
smoke was moving off toward the west. Some of the smoke may have been
moving east earlier in the day, with a portion of the area of attached
thin smoke extending southward.
Elsewhere...
Cloud cover across the Four Corners and much of western Canada obscured
the surface, preventing the analysis of smoke in these areas. It is
likely that at least some smoke was present today across Arizona given
the activity present yesterday.
BLOWING DUST:
Northeastern Baja California...
Blowing dust was observed streaming northward from a desert area west
of the Colorado River Delta. The dust was moving over western portions
of the agricultural area in Mexico to the north of the Colorado River
Delta, but not quite as far north as Mexicali and the U.S./Mexico Border.
Hosley
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