DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z November 26, 2019
SMOKE:
Florida/Georgia/Alabama...
A few scattered fires in eastern Alabama, southwestern Georgia, and
the Florida Panhandle were producing plumes of primarily light-density
smoke moving eastward. Two fires in Leon County, Florida, were observed
emitting heavy-density smoke as well.
Northern California...
Two fires near Sacramento were observed emitting light-density smoke
moving south-southeast, with the plumes appearing to merge over the
Central Valley and becoming indistinguishable from areas of dust.
DUST:
California Central Valley...
A large amount of blowing dust was observed during the afternoon moving
southeast along the Central Valley of California south of Sacramento and
extending as far as Bakersfield. Several detected fires in this region
may also have produced smoke in this area, but none was definitively
seen except for as described above.
Southern California...
Several discrete plumes of dust were observed emanating from points
across western San Bernardino and eastern Kern Counties. These plumes
were moving southeast and reaching as far as the Colorado River and into
western Arizona, as well as the
U.S. /Mexico border.
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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