DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z September 25, 2020
SMOKE:
Western United States including California/Northern Rockies and Northern
Mexico...
Widespread Wildfire activity still persists in many parts of California
with five large fire complexes observed in satellite imagery with two
in Northern California, two in East Central California to the East of
the San Joaquin Valley in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, and the
Bobcat fire complex to the North of Los Angeles, California was observed
emitting a lot of smoke in satellite imagery this evening. Moderate to
heavy density smoke was observed from the wildfire complexes with the
smoke progressing northeast/eastward and southward. A large region of
smoke was observed over Northern Mexico, most of Nevada, and also to
the Northeast over the Northern Rockies including Northwestern Utah,
Southern Idaho, and Western Wyoming this evening in satellite imagery.
Central Rockies including Northeastern Utah/Southern Wyoming/Northern
Colorado...
The latest GOES Visible imagery observed several large complex fires
located in Northeastern Utah, Southern Wyoming, and Northern Colorado
with moderate to heavy density smoke being emitted from these fires. The
smoke from these fire complexes is progressing northeast/eastward in
satellite imagery this evening.
Central/Southern Plains, Western Gulf of Mexico, and Northern Ohio
River Valley...
A large region of light to moderate density smoke was observed over
most of the Northern Ohio River Valley as well as south of a weather
system which is present over the Southeastern U.S. over the Western
Gulf of Mexico. Moderate to heavy density smoke likely from the Central
Rockies wildfire activity was observed over parts of the Central Plains
including most of Western Kansas, Western Oklahoma, and the Northern
Texas Panhandle in satellite imagery.
Northwestern Atlantic Ocean...
A large region of light to moderate density smoke likely from smoke
transport from Western U.S. wildfire activity was observed well offshore
out over the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean in the vicinity of and to the
North of Bermuda this evening 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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SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov