DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0310Z July 16, 2020
SMOKE:
Texas...
A wildfire between Brady and Brownwood continues to burn and is
producing a moderate density plume that is moving off to the north.
Colorado/Utah/Nevada...
Wildfires ongoing over portions of southwest Utah are producing a
light to moderate density plume that extended from western Colorado,
westward through southern Utah, and into southern Nevada.
California...
The ongoing wildfire west of Coalinga is producing a light to moderate
density plume that was lifting north through portions of central part
of the state.
DUST:
Caribbean Sea/Tropical Atlantic...
A light density plume from a Saharan Air Layer (SAL) is over the
western part of the tropical Atlantic, the central and western
Caribbean Sea, and the Bay of Campeche.
Konon
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