DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1601Z October 25, 2019
SMOKE:
California...
The Kincade Fire north of San Francisco was producing a huge area of
moderately dense to thick smoke which generally moved to the south and
then west into the Pacific this morning and early afternoon. There was
also remnant smoke from the Kincade Fire out in the Pacific that was
moving towards the southwest.
Arizona...
A large wildfire north of Prescott and west of Flagstaff in central
Arizona produced moderately dense to thick smoke which moved mainly to
the south and south-southwest during the day with the leading portion
of the thinner density smoke reaching southwestern Arizona. The earlier
leftover thin density smoke across northern Mexico, southeastern Arizona,
southern New Mexico, and far western Texas was no longer visible by
later in the afternoon.
Baja...
Huge wildfires erupted over northwestern Baja resulting in a very thick
smoke plume which fanned out as it spread to the west and southwest and
offshore of Baja. Additional small fires also developed over northwestern
Baja adding more smoke to the region. There was also remnant smoke from
the same fires moving further south along the western Baja coast.
Dust...
Southern California/Southwestern Arizona...
Some rather thin density blowing dust could be seen moving to the south
and southwest across southeastern California and southwestern Arizona.
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