DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z November 1, 2019
SMOKE: Southern California/Northern Baja California... Fire activity across coastal southern California and, especially, northern Baja California, was responsible for a large area of remnant smoke across the Pacific coastline, the Channel Islands and the Pacific Ocean as far south as Guadalupe Island. Active smoke plumes were being blown in different directions. Much of the smoke was moving off towards the west out over the Pacific, but a few plumes were moving east into the coastal ranges. Sacramento Valley... Numerous presumably agricultural burns were noted across the Sacramento Valley this afternoon. Much of the smoke being emitted was light in nature, although one puff was a little more significant than the rest. All smoke was moving south-southeast through the valley. Oregon/Idaho/Washington/British Columbia... Widespread fire activity was noted throughout British Columbia south into Oregon and Idaho. After clouds cleared in the 20Z-21Z time frame, numerous moderately dense smoke plumes were observed throughout British Columbia and Idaho, along with a few thick smoke plumes near the Oregon Coast. Smoke over British Columbia was predominantly moving east-southeast to southeast while smoke across western Oregon was moving south-southwest. Arizona... Continued fire activity along the Mogollon Rim was producing thick smoke this afternoon, especially across east-central Arizona. Smoke was moving in all different directions, with one plume spreading east, one spreading north-northeast, and another spreading northwest. Southern Florida... Agricultural fires continued to produce mainly light smoke near and south of Lake Okeechobee this afternoon. A wind shift was noted as smoke, which was moving north-northwesterly was moving north-northeasterly by sunset.. Hosley 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