DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z September 25, 2019
SMOKE:
Northern California and Oregon...
Numerous fires throughout Oregon and northern and central California
were observed emitting smoke this afternoon. The fire activity across
Oregon and norther California appears wildfire-like, while the activity
across the San Joaquin Valley appears to be more prescribed/agricultural
burning. All smoke across this area was observed moving southeast or
east-southeast.
Intermountain West into the western Plains...
Wildfire activity was observed extending from extreme southeastern Idaho
into areas just east of the San Diego metro area and as far east as
southern Nebraska, where what is more likely a fairly intense grassland
fire was observed. The most intense smoke activity was over Colorado,
northern Arizona, and southern Nebraska, with thick smoke emissions
observed. Smoke across Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska was moving
east-southeast while smoke across southwestern Utah, northwestern Arizona,
and southern California was moving southwest.
Bahamas...
Light to moderate density smoke was observed being emitted from a couple
fires across Grand Bahama Island this afternoon. The smoke from these
fires was observed moving southwestward.
Southeastern CONUS...
Presumed prescribed agricultural burns with mainly light to moderate
smoke plumes were observed across much of the southeastern CONUS and
into the Mississippi Valley today. Much of the smoke was moving around
a high pressure center over southern Alabama, with smoke across Georgia
and the Carolinas moving east-southeast while smoke over eastern Texas
and Louisiana moving north. Winds out of the east behind the tail end
of a cold frontal passage was moving smoke westward across Arkansas and
northern Mississippi.
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