DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0400Z August 5, 2020
SMOKE:
California/Southwestern U.S./Baja California...
A large area of stagnant light to medium density smoke from the Apple
Fire in Riverside County/CA covers most of southeastern California,
central-northern Arizona, southeastern Nevada, southern Utah and
southwestern Colorado, while also extending south into Baja California.
Stagnant smoke can also be seen over northern California and
southwestern Oregon as a result of the Red Salmon Complex and Stump
fires in Humboldt and Tehama Counties/CA, respectively. Two wildfires
in far northern Baja California are producing moderate density plumes
that are spreading into southwestern Arizona.
Colorado...
A wildfire about 25 miles north of Grand Junction is producing a light
to moderate density plume that is moving off to the east.
Oklahoma/Kansas...
Two wildfire areas, one in south-central Kansas and another in far
north-central Oklahoma, are emitting moderate density plumes that are
spreading to the west and northwest.
Canada...
Smoke originated from Siberian wildfires continue to travel eastward
through central-northern Canada. The highest concentrations are found
across Hudson Bay and northern Quebec and Newfoundland, whereas
lighter density smoke extends from eastern Saskatchewan and Northwest
Territories to central-eastern Quebec.
DUST:
Light Saharan dust could be seen Tuesday morning and early afternoon
traveling northward alongside Tropical Storm Isaias over the
Mid-Atlantic region approximately 500 miles off the coast of New
Jersey. Another area of lingering light density Saharan dust could be
seen over the Atlantic Ocean approximately 500 miles south-southeast of
Bermuda.
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