DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1601Z October 31, 2019

SMOKE:
California...
A broad area of remnant thin density smoke associated mainly with the
Kincade Fire in northern California was present along and off the coast
of northern and central California. Farther to the south, the Getty Fire,
and additional nearby fires, near northern Los Angeles was emitting light
to moderate density smoke which moved to the southwest off the southern
and central California coast.

Baja...
Wildfires over northwestern Baja were responsible for an area of light
to medium density smoke affecting northwestern Baja and offshore as the
smoke moved to the west.

Northwestern U.S./Southwestern Canada...
Numerous seasonal type fires were detected over British Columbia and
portions of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and western Montana. Smoke plumes
were not visible due to cloud coverage.

Southern Florida...
Agricultural fires near and south of Lake Okeechobee were producing thin
density smoke plumes which quickly moved off to the northwest.

DUST:
California...
Areas of blowing dust were observed moving to the north and northeast
into the SW corner of Arizona. Dust was also observed moving north and
northwest into southern California.

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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.