DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200z October 22, 2019
SMOKE:
California and Baja California...
Numerous fires throughout California and northern Baja California were
observed producing varying density smoke plumes. Many smoke plumes in
the heavily forested areas of the Sierras, along with the Palisades fire
northwest of Santa Monica, were producing moderate to thick smoke. A
vast majority of the smoke produced from the Sierra fires was moving
southwest, with the smoke produced in the Sacramento and San Joaquin
Valleys moving south-southeast within the valley. Some of the smoke
produced by the fires along the immediate coast of southern California
and northern Baja California was moving east before rising along terrain
and then being swiftly blown westward upon reaching a certain altitude
out across the near-shore Pacific Ocean.
Arizona...
Wildfire activity was noted along the Mogollon Rim today, with heavy
smoke production associated with a majority of the smoke plumes. The
smoke from these fires was moving south into central and southern Arizona.
Central/Southern Plains...
A half dozen smoke plumes were noted from Kansas into northern Texas. The
most impressive smoke plume originated from a fire in northwestern Kansas
that spread southeastward into central Kansas. The heavy smoke from this
fire was observed emanating from the fire through sunset. Much of the
other smoke observed smoke plumes were moving southeast to east-southeast.
Southern Mexico/Southwestern Gulf of Mexico...
Smoke was evident across much of the western Gulf of Mexico this evening,
mainly from gas flaring from the oil production/refinery facilities in
the Bay of Campeche and the states of Tabasco and northern Chiapas. the
smoke emanating from this flaring activity was moving north into a
frontal system across the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, where the smoke
turns northeastward.
Hosley
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