DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1601Z October 16, 2019
SMOKE:
Northwestern U.S...
A significant amount of wildfires were observed across Washington,
Oregon, Idaho, and Montana but no smoke plumes were seen this morning
and early afternoon due to extensive cloud coverage.
Arizona...
Several large complex fires were observed in northern and central Arizona
emitting mostly light density smoke that moved generally towards the
northwest.
California...
Scattered wildfires burning across portions of California are still
burning but at a much smaller rate. No smoke plumes were visible due to
cloud coverage.
Lake Okeechobee, FL...
Several fires south of Lake Okeechobee were emitting light density smoke
plumes that were moving towards the northeast.
Southwestern Canada/British Columbia...
Seasonal fire activity in the southwestern Canada especially southeastern
British Columbia continues but smoke was not visible due to extensive
cloud coverage.
Rodriguez
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