DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z November 17, 2019
SMOKE: Utah/Arizona... At least a couple of fires in south central and southwestern Utah were emitting thin to locally moderately dense smoke which thinned out and fanned out as the smoke spread to the south toward the border of southern Utah-northern Arizona. A fire in northwestern Coconino County of north central Arizona produced moderately dense to locally thick smoke which quickly fanned out to the east, southeast, and south while gradually thinning. Some of the smoke even made it over into northwestern Arizona. South Central U.S... Similar to yesterday, many relatively small seasonal/agricultural type fires were detected scattered across portions of the Central, South Central, and Southeastern U.S. The most significant smoke was associated with a bit more concentrated burning occurring over south central Louisiana. Numerous thin density smoke plumes were visible there which quickly moved to the south with some merging to form larger patches of leftover thin density over southern Louisiana. JS 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