DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z October 30, 2019
SMOKE:
California...
The Kincade Fire in northern California continued to emit moderately
dense to thick smoke which moved mainly to the west and southwest during
the afternoon though a portion of the relatively thicker smoke nosed
northward along the coast to just south of Cape Mendocino. Farther to
the south, thin to moderately dense smoke attributed primarily to the
Kincade Fire spread southward and gradually thinned out over central
California and offshore of southern California. A ribbon of leftover
thin density smoke linked to the California fires could be seen across
Baja and northwestern Mexico.
Pacific Northwest/British Columbia...
Numerous seasonal type fires were detected over portions of Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, western Montana, and British Columbia in southwestern
Canada. Quite a few smoke plumes of mainly thin to locally moderate
density were visible with these fires. Some cloud cover up over British
Columbia did inhibit smoke detection in satellite imagery in that region.
Southern Florida...
Agricultural fires near and south of Lake Okeechobee were producing thin
density smoke plumes which quickly moved off to the west.
Gulf of Mexico...
A bit more coverage of emissions from the oil rigs in the Bay of Campeche
could be seen today spreading to the northwest over the western Gulf of
Mexico with the leading edge likely reaching into far southern Texas.
DUST:
Nevada/California...
Gusty northerly winds were responsible for a number of blowing dust plumes
emanating from several dry lake beds in Nevada. The most significant dust
was seen moving south from a source in Churchill County of west central
Nevada and from a source in Esmeralda County of southwestern Nevada. The
Esmeralda dust plume appeared to be locally thick with some of the dust
spreading southward and across the border into eastern California.
New Mexico...
Thin density blowing dust was visible late in the day moving to the
northeast from White Sands in south central New Mexico.
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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)
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