DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z July 9, 2020
SMOKE:
Western U.S…
A leftover area of thin density smoke was visible moving to the
northeast over northern Nevada, southern Idaho, southwestern Montana,
and northwestern Wyoming. This smoke was likely mainly from the Numbers
Fire in western Nevada southeast of Lake Tahoe though some contribution
from the Meadow Valley Fire in southeastern Nevada is possible as well. A
bit farther to the south, leftover thin density smoke over southeaster
Nevada, much of Utah, and western Colorado was believed to be primarily
from the Meadow Valley Fire. Another area of thin density smoke covered a
good portion of New Mexico and extreme western Texas with thicker smoke
seen over southwestern New Mexico near and to the southeast of the Cub
Fire. The larger area of smoke over New Mexico is thought to be from the
Cub Fire and the Vics Peak Fire which are both located in southwestern
New Mexico.
UNKNOWN AEROSOL…
Area from Mid-Mississippi Valley to the Northeast…
An aerosol of unknown origin and composition was seen this morning
stretching from the Mid-Mississippi Valley region across the Ohio
Valley to the Northeastern U.S. It is now known if any of this aerosol
is composed of leftover smoke from the fires in the Southwestern U.S. or
any residual Saharan dust.
DUST…
Gulf Coast Region/Gulf of Mexico…
A patch of thin density Saharan dust was seen this morning over Louisiana
and offshore across the northern and eastern Gulf of Mexico to near the
west coast of the Florida Peninsula. Farther to the east, a very large
and thicker mass of Saharan dust was visible stretching from western
Africa over the subtropical Atlantic and eventually over the eastern
Caribbean including Hispaniola and Puerto Rico.
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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