DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z October 14, 2020
SMOKE:
Central/Southeastern California into the Southwestern United States...
The Creek and SQF wildfire complexes in Central and Southeastern
California were observed in satellite imagery emitting a large region
of moderate to heavy density smoke. The smoke was observed progressing
southwestward/southward/and southeastward where smoke was observed over
a large portion of the Central/Southeastern San Joaquin Valley as well
as over most of Southeastern California. Light to moderate density smoke
was also observed to the Southeast of the region over portions of the
Southwestern U.S. including Southern Nevada, Central Arizona/New Mexico,
and to the east over parts of the Northern Texas Panhandle in satellite
imagery.
Central Rockies into the Central Plains/Southeastern U.S./Gulf of
Mexico...
The Cameron Peak wildfire complex in Northern Colorado’s Roosevelt
National Forest region to the west of Fort Collins was observed in
satellite imagery this morning with a large plume from the wildfire
complex emitting a large region of moderate to heavy density smoke. The
smoke is progressing eastward from the fire complex where moderate to
heavy density smoke was observed over most of Northeastern Colorado
and into the Central Plains including Central Nebraska and Northern
Kansas. Agricultural burning was observed over portions of the Southeast
U.S. and a large region of light density smoke was observed offshore
over a large portion of the Northern Gulf of Mexico in satellite imagery.
Northeastern Canada/Canadian Maritimes/Labrador Sea...
A large region of light density smoke associated with smoke transport
from the wildfire activity in the Western U.S. was observed off the coast
of the Canadian Maritimes over the Labrador Sea in this morning’s GOES
Visible satellite imagery.
SAHARAN DUST:
West Africa/Eastern Atlantic Ocean ...
A large region of Saharan dust was observed in this morning’s GOES
Visible satellite imagery off the coast of West Africa over the eastern
Atlantic Ocean.
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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