DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z July 17, 2020
SMOKE:
Western California..
Moderate density smoke was observed emanating from the Mineral Fire along
the western San Joaquin Valley. The most dense smoke from this fire was
slowly drifting off toward the northwest into the Salinas River Valley
Nevada and Utah…
Remnant smoke from fire activity in the southwestern CONUS yesterday was
observed lifting north across eastern Nevada and western Utah along the
state border.
Northern Plains into the Great Lakes…
Remnant smoke from a combination of fire activity across the western
CONUS and, perhaps, a small amount of transport from Siberia, was observed
from southern Manitoba and North Dakota into southern Ontario, Michigan,
and northwestern Ohio. This smoke was moving west around a trough over
central Canada.
Texas...
Thin to moderate density remnant smoke was observed across north Texas
this morning. This smoke is leftover from the fire activity across
central Texas, which has begun to pick up this afternoon with a couple
smoke plumes observed by 1500Z. The remnant smoke is moving northwest
while the active smoke emissions are moving close to due west.
SAHARAN DUST:
Yucatan Peninsula/Bay of Campeche/western Gulf of Mexico/eastern
Mexico/Texas…
A thin to moderate density layer of Saharan dust was observed blanketing
the area covering the Yucatan Peninsula, the Bay of Campeche, eastern
Mexico, the western Gulf of Mexico, and southern Texas. This layer of
dust was moving northwest to north-northwest into an area of disturbed
weather off the Texas coast and ashore along the shores of the Mexican
states of Tamaulipas and northern Veracruz.
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