DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2350Z September 26, 2020
SMOKE:
California/Nevada...
Moderate-to-heavy smoke was seen originating from several of the wildfires
which remain active across the state of California, including the Red
Salmon Complex, August Complex, North Complex, Creek Fire, Blue Jay,
Wolfe, North Whizz Dome, and SQF Complex. The smoke is mostly stagnant
along the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys, extending towards Los
Angeles county and offshore over Santa Catalina Island. Part of the smoke
from the Creek Fire and SQF complex was seen spreading towards the east
into southern Nevada and southwestern Utah.
Utah/Wyoming/Colorado...
The Center Creek Trail and the East Fork fires in northeastern Utah were
actively burning this afternoon, along with the Mullen fire in southern
Wyoming and Cameron Peak fire in northern Colorado. The latter two were
particularly active with intense heat release fanned by strong surface
winds that were pushing heavy smoke towards the east into Nebraska,
northern Kansas and Iowa.
Central U.S./Great Lakes/Southeastern Canada/Northwestern Gulf of Mexico
Remnant light smoke from western U.S. wildfires covered most of the Great
Plains extending into the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, in addition
to areas to the north including the Great Lakes and southeastern
Canada. Additional moderate density smoke was being released into the
atmosphere along the central Mississippi valley as a result of numerous
agricultural fires burning across northern Arkansas and southern Missouri,
with the smoke dispersing towards the northeast into southwestern
Illinois.
WS
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