DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z November 11, 2019
SMOKE:
Utah/Colorado/New Mexico/Arizona...
The large fire in Piute County of south central Utah once again produced
another round of dense smoke which spread to the southeast during the
afternoon. Thinner density smoke from this fire was visible farther to
the southeast over far southeastern Utah and across the 4-corners region
impacting portions of southwestern Colorado, northwestern New Mexico,
and northeastern Arizona. The nearby fire in Beaver County of south
central Utah was not producing nearly as much smoke.
South Central U.S./Lower Mississippi Valley...
Seasonal/agricultural type fire activity over the South Central
U.S. including the Lower Mississippi Valley region resulted in numerous
smoke plumes of mainly thin density though some did have localized
embedded moderate density smoke. The concentrated burning occurring in
south central Louisiana resulted in a large number of small smoke plumes
which merged forming larger areas of thin density smoke. The majority
of the smoke in this region moved in a northerly direction.
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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