DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0025Z September 27, 2019

SMOKE:
Mid-Atlantic...
An area of light-to-moderate density smoke could be seen in the upper
levels of the atmosphere over southeastern Virginia and northeastern
North Carolina moving towards the ocean. The smoke source could not be
determined although it is thought to have originated from scattered fire
activity in western and central North Carolina.

Mississippi Valley...
Several agricultural fires were burning along the lower Mississippi
valley including central-northern Louisiana, southeastern Arkansas
and central-western Mississippi. Plumes were dispersing towards the
north-northwest resulting in pockets of light-density smoke covering
northwestern Louisiana and central-eastern Arkansas.

Northern California/Oregon...
Several small fires were observed across northern California, with
higher concentration along the Sacramento Valley. A few smoke plumes
could be seen dispersing towards the north near Redding, and towards the
east across the northern Sierras. Additional fires of higher intensity
were seen across central Oregon with more substantive smoke plumes of
light-to-moderate density dispersing towards the east with smoke covering
much of the region.

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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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.