DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z August 15, 2020
SMOKE:
Colorado to the Mid and Lower Mississippi Valley...
Four ongoing wildfires in the northwestern and north-central part of
Colorado are producing a large moderate to think density plume that
extends east-southeastward over most of Kansas, the northern Texas
Panhandle, and northern Oklahoma. Beyond this thicker plume, a light
density plume covers the Red River area of Texas and Oklahoma and parts
of the Mid and Lower Mississippi valley.
Southern Texas/Northern Mexico...
A detached light density plume is detected over the area moving to the
west-southwest.
California...
A wildfire in the Six Rivers National Forest continues to burn and is
producing a light to moderate density plume that is moving off to the
northwest. Near Babbitt Peak in the northeastern part of the state, a
wildfire is producing a small moderate density plume that extends to the
northeast into northwestern Nevada. A large light density plume from
wildfires west of Lancaster covers most of the southern part of the
state.
DUST:
Tropical Atlantic...
A thin plume of Saharan dust moving westward covers the central tropical
Atlantic.
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