DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0030Z December 6, 2019
SMOKE: Southern Plains/Southeastern US... Widespread fire activity was observed throughout the southeastern United States. Fires stretched from Texas and Oklahoma to Florida and the Carolinas. Much of the smoke was light, although about a dozen fires were emitting thicker smoke. The smoke was moving different directions throughout the day, although much of the smoke was moving clockwise around a high pressure center that moved east across Alabama and into Georgia today. Smoke across northern Texas was moving quickly off toward the east while smoke across Oklahoma was moving north. Cloud cover moved in over Louisiana, southern Mississippi, southern Alabama, and southern Georgia throughout the afternoon, which likely impeded the analysis of smoke in the late afternoon, although smoke was still observed through the broken cloud cover. Western Oregon... Numerous smoke plumes were observed throughout western Oregon this afternoon. Much of the smoke was light to moderate and moving off toward the north. Hosley 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