DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2340Z October 17, 2020
SMOKE:
California, Southwestern U.S., Great Plains, Mississippi Valley, Central
Appalachian Mountains
The Red Salmon Fire in northern California and the Creek Fire in the
southern Sierra Nevada Mountains continue to emit heavy density smoke
near their sources. An area of light-to-moderate density and stagnant
smoke covers most of central and southern California, extending to
the southeast over southern Arizona and New Mexico, and central Texas,
and to the west off the coast of Santa Barbara for approximately 200
miles over the Pacific. Meanwhile the Cameron Peak Fire in northern
Colorado re-intensified today fueled by strong winds that pushed heavy
smoke towards the east across Kansas, central-northern Missouri, southern
Illinois and Indiana, Tennessee, and into the southern West Virginia, and
central-southern Virginia. Several additional short-duration agricultural
fires could also be seen along the Mississippi Valley and specially over
northeastern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri, contributing additional
light-to-moderate smoke to that entire region.
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