DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z October 6, 2019
SMOKE:
Central U.S./South Central U.S./Southeastern U.S...
A remnant area of thin density smoke was seen this morning stretching
from eastern Oklahoma and eastern Texas to the east and northeast across
the northwest half of Louisiana, much of Arkansas, northern Mississippi,
western Tennessee, and up along a portion of the Ohio River Valley to
possibly as far as Cincinnati, Ohio though cloudiness in the northern part
of the smoke area limited more specific smoke information from satellite
imagery. This large area of leftover smoke was due to the ongoing daily
seasonal/agricultural type fire activity occurring in portions of the
Central, South Central, and Southeastern U.S.
Western U.S...
A few relatively localized smoke plumes were noted this morning with
some of the fires burning in central Colorado, northern Arizona, and
eastern California.
Southern Florida...
A few thin density smoke plumes were visible this morning moving quickly
off to the west with the usual agricultural fire activity near and south
of Lake Okeechobee in southern Florida.
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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