DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1915Z October 29, 2019
SMOKE:
California...
The large Burris and Kincade fires located in Northern Sonoma County,
North of San Francisco continue to burn this evening, producing moderate
and heavy density smoke moving to the south across the Bay area and
extending off of the Pacific coast. Additional fire activity north of
the San Francisco Bay area and near Los Angeles also contributed to the
large amount of smoke moving along the coast of California.
Pacific Northwest...
A number of fires burning in northwestern Oregon were observed in
satellite producing light density smoke that moved west across the
state toward the coast. In addition, fires burning in northern Idaho
were observed producing light density smoke extending west into eastern
Washington. Similarly, numerous fires in British Columbia, Canada were
producing light density smoke moving south through the province.
South-central Florida...
Agricultural fires located south of Lake Okeechobee in Florida were
producing light density smoke moving west across the lake.
Levine
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