DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z October 19, 2019
SMOKE:
Middle and Lower Mississippi Valley...
Numerous agricultural/seasonal type fires were detected along with
a number of thin to locally moderately dense smoke plumes especially
across southeastern Missouri and eastern Arkansas. The smoke generally
spread to the west and northwest during the afternoon with some of the
plumes merging to form larger patches of smoke.
Sacramento Valley...
Agricultural/seasonal type fires were noted in the Sacramento Valley
region of north central California to the north of Sacramento. A number
of these fires produced visible smoke plumes of thin to locally moderate
density which fanned out in a northerly direction with some of the plumes
merging into larger areas of smoke.
Central Arizona...
Fires producing visible thin to moderate density smoke were observed
across central and east central Arizona including fires to the west and
south of Flagstaff. Another fire located just south of Prescott produced
thin to locally moderate density smoke which moved to the south reaching
locations just west of Phoenix.
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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