Friday, November 01, 2019

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1601Z November 1, 2019

SMOKE:
Southern California...
Fire activity across coastal southern California was responsible for a
large area of remnant smoke across the Pacific coastline. 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
then moving north and south along the coast.


Oregon/Idaho/Washington/British Columbia...
Widespread fire activity was noted throughout British Columbia south into
Oregon and Idaho but were not visible this morning and early afternoon.

Arizona...
Continued fire activity along the Mogollon Rim was producing remnant light
smoke that was moving east across New Mexico and into northern Texas.

Southern Florida...
Agricultural fires continued to produce mainly light smoke near and
south of Lake Okeechobee. A wind shift was noted as smoke, which was
moving north-northwesterly was moving north-northeasterly by sunset..


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.