DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z October 26, 2019
SMOKE:
California...
The Kincade Fire north of San Francisco continued to burn through the
day producing moderate to thick density smoke which moved primarily to
the south during the afternoon and just prior to sunset. A much larger
mass of thin to moderately dense smoke associated with this fire covered
a good portion of northern and central California and extended well
offshore to the west and southwest.
Southern California/Baja...
A few fires to the north and west of San Diego produced thin to locally
moderate density smoke which quickly spread to the west and eventually
off the coast. Much larger wildfires located over northwest Baja were
emitting a big area of moderately dense to thick smoke which moved to the
west and offshore while fanning out both to the north and to the south
over the Pacific. Some of the smoke from the Baja wildfire activity just
south of the border with California did spread up into portions of far
southwestern California around San Diego.
Arizona...
The wildfire north of Prescott and west of Flagstaff in central Arizona
continued to emit smoke during the day with erratic winds near the fire
blowing the smoke in variable directions during the day. The smoke
appeared to generally be contained to the area between Prescott and
Flagstaff. Additional fires in east central Arizona produced a number
of moderately dense to thick smoke plumes which moved to the southwest
during the day.
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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