DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1501Z August 8, 2020
SMOKE:
Northern California...
The Six Rivers Lightning Fires in northern California was observed
producing light to moderate smoke that was moving off toward the west
and east within the vicinity.
Light to moderate density remnant smoke was moving towards the NE across
Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and the SW corner of Colorado from a fire in
southern California near the San Bernardino National Forest.
Central Rockies..
An area of light remnant smoke was observed moving northeast across
northern Utah, Wyoming, far southwestern South Dakota, western Nebraska,
and far northeastern Colorado.
Western Colorado...
The Pine Gulch fire in west-central Colorado was observed producing
light to moderate smoke that was moving off toward the east across most
of the northern part of the state.
South central Idaho…
Remnant smoke from a fire located in south central Idaho was moving east
into southern Montana and northern Wyoming.
Mexico…
Moderate density smoke was emitting from a fire located south of Tijuana
in Baja California. The smoke was moving towards the E-NE reaching the
southern border of California.
DUST:
Caribbean Sea/Atlantic Ocean...
An area of Saharan dust was observed extending from the central Tropical
Atlantic into the central Caribbean. This feature was moving west.
Rodriguez
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)
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SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov