DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z November 22, 2019
SMOKE:
South Central and Southeastern U.S...
More widespread seasonal (prescribed/agricultural) type fire activity was
detected over portions of the South Central and Southeastern U.S. during
the day. Numerous thin to locally moderate density smoke plumes were also
visible with some of the fires especially from eastern Mississippi to
Georgia and Florida though both the fires and smoke detected in satellite
imagery was less than yesterday due to more cloud cover overspreading
the region from the west.
California...
What are believed to be mainly agricultural fires in the Sacramento
and San Joaquin Valley regions produced many thin to moderate density
smoke plumes with some of the plumes merging to form larger patches of
leftover smoke.
Northwestern U.S...
Seasonal fire activity was scattered across portions of Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, western Montana, and southwestern and south central
Canada. A number of thin to locally moderately dense smoke plumes were
noted with some of these fires especially in Oregon and northern Idaho.
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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