DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1925Z December 5, 2019
SMOKE:
Southeastern US...
Widespread fire activity was observed throughout the southeastern
United States with a large concentration of fires located in Georgia,
south central Florida and Alabama. Fires stretched from eastern Texas,
through southern Louisiana and up through the Carolinas. Primarily light
density smoke was observed moving south and southeast throughout Georgia
and Florida. Smoke in southern Louisiana was observed moving primarily
northwest.
Northern California...
A fire with light to moderate density smoke moving north-northwest was
visible in satellite imagery this morning prior to cloud cover enveloping
the area and obscuring visibility.
DUST:
A small area of potential blowing dust was visible moving north-northeast
across the northern portion of Texas this morning.
Levine
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