DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z August 17, 2020
SMOKE:
Texas/Alabama/Florida...
A large light density detached plume from Colorado wildfires covers
most of Texas. A smaller thin detached plume is over southern Alabama
and the western Florida Panhandle.
Central and Southern Rockies/Mexico
Several ongoing Colorado wildfires have spread a large light to moderate
density plume over much of Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and parts
of northwestern Mexico. The cluster of wildfires north of Grand
Junction CO is producing a small thick density plume.
California/Great Basin...
Multiple wildfires scattered all across California have produced a light
density plume that covers much of the state. Parts of Nevada and Idaho
are also covered by this plume.
Washington/Oregon...
Several wildfires in both of these states are spreading narrow light and
moderate density plumes to the northeast.
DUST:
Tropical Atlantic...
A large thin plume of Saharan dust covers a significant part of the
central and eastern 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