DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z October 4, 2020
SMOKE:
Western United States including most of California/Northern
Rockies/Pacific Northwest/ Eastern Pacific Ocean/Intermountain
West/Southern Canada...
Widespread fire complex activity continues to be observed in parts of
Northern/East-Central California and a large region of moderate to heavy
density smoke was observed from the large fire complexes. Moderate to
heavy density smoke was observed over most of Northern California as
well as over most of the San Joaquin Valley and southward over Central
California. Moderate to heavy density smoke was also observed both
well to the Southwest of the California coast several hundred miles
southwest offshore over the Eastern Pacific Ocean and as well as to
the Northeast/East of the region over parts of the Inter Mountain
West and Northern Rockies including Western Nevada, Southern Oregon,
Eastern Washington State, North Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. The smoke
is progressing around a strong high pressure system present over the
Western United States.
Central Rockies/Southern Plains including Texas/Northern and Western Gulf
of Mexico/Eastern Mexico/Southeastern United States/Mid-Atlantic States...
A large region of light to moderate density smoke likely due to smoke
transport from Central Rockies wildfire activity in Eastern Utah, Northern
Colorado, and Southern Wyoming was observed over Eastern Colorado into
the Southern Plains including parts of Oklahoma and most of Texas. Light
to moderate density smoke was also observed well to the south and east
of the primary wildfire activity zones over coastal Eastern Mexico, the
Western/Northern Gulf of Mexico as well as over parts of the Southeast
United States and over parts of the Western Mid Atlantic region. Heavy
density smoke was also observed offshore over the Northwestern Gulf of
Mexico in this morning’s latest GOES Visible satellite imagery.
Central Atlantic Ocean...
A small region of medium density smoke and a large region of light density
smoke was observed this morning over part of the Central Atlantic Ocean
in the latest GOES Visible satellite imagery.
Sambucci
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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