DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z November 20, 2019
SMOKE:
Southeastern U.S...
Numerous agricultural fires across the southern U.S were producing plumes
of mainly light-density smoke from Texas and Oklahoma through Georgia
and the Florida panhandle. Several plumes, particularly associated with
fires in southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi, also included
moderate-density smoke. One fire near Tallahassee, Florida was producing
thick-density smoke. Overall, the motion of the plumes was toward the
southeast and east.
Western U.S....
Agricultural fires in northern California were observed producing plumes
of light-density smoke drifting southward. Wildfires in Arizona, which
were seen producing smoke plumes this morning, have become obscured
by thick cloud cover. Fires in Utah continue to be largely obscured by
clouds as well.
MC
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