DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z February 10, 2020
SMOKE:
Southeastern U.S…
Scattered thin density smoke plumes attributed to seasonal fire activity
were visible over southern Mississippi, southern Alabama, southern and
eastern Georgia, and much of Florida. Cloudiness moved across portions of
the region during the afternoon which likely limited additional detection
of smoke in satellite imagery.
DUST:
Nevada/California…
A swath of moderately dense blowing dust was seen emanating from
a dry lake bed in central Washoe County of northwestern Nevada and
spreading to the southwest into the Sacramento Valley of north central
California. Another swath of somewhat more substantial blowing dust
originated from dry lake beds in far eastern Pershing County and
Churchill County of central and west central Nevada and moved quickly
to the southwest. The dust was lofted high enough to cross over the
Sierra-Nevada Mountain range and into the northern San Joaquin Valley of
central California. Additional blowing dust was seen briefly in between
breaks in the clouds over south central and southwestern Nevada.
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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