DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z October 9, 2019
SMOKE:
California...
A large fire in Mariposa County of east central California was emitting
moderately dense to thick smoke which moved to the east during the
afternoon. A much larger area of thinner density smoke from this fire
extended well to the south and southeast into the interior portion of
southern California.
Arizona...
Fires in northern and central Arizona produced smoke of varying density
which moved to the east and northeast during the day.
Colorado...
The Decker Fire in south central Colorado continued to burn and was
emitting moderately dense to locally thick smoke which spread to the
east with the larger surrounding area of thinner density smoke reaching
east central Colorado.
Central and South Central U.S...
A combination of Fall seasonal type and agricultural fires were
detected scattered over a good portion of the Central and South Central
U.S. from eastern Kansas and Missouri southward to southeastern Texas
and southern Louisiana. Numerous smoke plumes were also visible with
this fire activity.
Southwestern Canada/Northwestern U.S...
Seasonal fire activity was seen over the Northwestern U.S. and British
Columbia of southwestern Canada though little smoke could be detected
in satellite imagery due to widespread cloudiness.
DUST:
Southern Oregon...
A swath of rather thick blowing dust originated from a source in Lake
County of south central Oregon and quickly fanned out to the east and
east-northeast with the leading edge nearly reaching the Oregon-Idaho
border just prior to sunset.
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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