DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0045Z October 14, 2019
SMOKE: Southwestern Canada/Northwestern U.S... Seasonal fire activity in the northwestern U.S. and British Columbia continue but smoke was not visible due to cloud coverage. Scattered wildfires were also observed across the northwestern U.S. Northern California... Light-density remnant smoke could be seen over the Sacramento Valley in addition to a single moderate-density smoke plume originating from the Caples fire in Eldorado County, which was being dispersed towards the northeast across the Nevada state border. Colorado... The Decker fire in the Chaffee, Fremont and Saguache county border was actively burning this afternoon releasing a heavy-density smoke plume towards the east for approximately 150 miles. Middle and Lower Mississippi... Several agricultural fires were seen across the middle and lower Mississippi with pockets of light-to-moderate density smoke observed in southeastern Louisiana, in addition to small/individual smoke plumes in central Arkansas. The smoke was predominantly moving towards the east. WS 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