DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z August 14, 2020
SMOKE:
Area from Utah and Colorado across the Central U.S. and Great Lakes
Region...
The Pine Gulch and the Grizzly Creek fire complexes in Garfield County,
Colorado along with the Cameron Peak Fire in north central Colorado were
observed emitting moderate to heavy density smoke this morning. A large
region of moderate to heavy density smoke from these large fire complexes
was visible in satellite imagery over eastern Utah, much of Colorado,
southwestern and central Nebraska, western Kansas, much of Oklahoma, and
possibly extending into northeastern Texas and western Arkansas. Thinner
density smoke had spread farther to the east and northeast across the
Central and North Central U.S. and the Great Lakes Region and to the
south and southeast reaching Mississippi, Louisiana, southeastern and
southern Texas, and the northwest Gulf of Mexico.
Northern California/Northwestern Nevada/Southern Oregon...
The Red Salmon fire Complex in Humboldt County of Northwestern California
was observed this morning emitting moderate to heavy density smoke which
was rather stagnant and located near and north of the fire. Thinner
density smoke extended up over southern Oregon and northwestern Nevada.
Southern California/Southern Nevada/Southern Utah/Northwestern
Arizona/Baja...
At least 2 wildfires in southern California including the Lake Fire and
a wildfire in northern Baja were responsible for a large area of thinner
density smoke which covered northern Baja and much of southern California
and extended to the northeast over northwestern Arizona, southern Nevada,
and southern Utah. Thicker density smoke was seen over a portion of the
Los Angeles basin.
Southeastern Canada/Northeastern U.S…
A band of mainly thin density smoke leftover from the Siberian wildfires
with some contribution as well from wildfires in Ontario was seen from
southern Hudson bay over eastern Ontario, southern Quebec, and much of
the Northeastern U.S. Within the thinner density band was a ribbon of
slightly thicker smoke which was over portions of Maine and just north
of the New York-Vermont-New Hampshire border with Canada.
Central Canada...A curved swath of possible remnant thin density smoke
was visible wrapping around low pressure across northern Saskatchewan,
northern Manitoba, and southern Nunavut.
Alaska...
A large mass of thin to moderate density smoke from Siberian wildfires
could be seen over most of Alaska with the exception of far Southeastern
Alaska. The smoke also was visible over portions of the Arctic Ocean,
the Bering Sea, and the Gulf of Alaska in satellite imagery.
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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)
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