Thursday, October 31, 2019

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..


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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

 


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.