DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z November 18, 2019
SMOKE:
Utah/Arizona...
A fire in Piute County of south central Utah produced a plume of thin
to locally moderate density smoke which spread to the south during the
day. In Arizona, a fire in northwestern Coconino County of north central
Arizona produced moderate to locally thick density smoke which fanned out
and thinned out as it moved to the south. Additional fires in east central
Arizona resulted in plumes of varying density smoke affecting that region.
California...
Thin to locally moderate density smoke fanned out in multiple directions
from a fire located in southern San Benito County of west central
California.
South Central U.S...
More seasonal/agricultural type fire activity was detected scattered
across portions of the South Central U.S. along with a number of mainly
thin density smoke plumes. The more concentrated fire activity was again
noted over south central Louisiana along with patches of thin density
smoke though cloudiness moving over the region in the afternoon did
interfere with detection of smoke to some extent.
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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