DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0005Z October 19, 2020
SMOKE:
California, Southwestern U.S. Northern Mexico, New England, New Brunswick,
Nova Scotia and Northwestern Atlantic Ocean
The Red Salmon Fire in northern California and the Creek Fire in
southern Sierra Nevada Mountains continue to emit smoke resulting in
moderate-to-heavy concentrations near their sources. Moderate smoke from
the Creek Fire spills over the San Joaquin Valley and the Owens Valley,
whereas a larger plume consisting of light smoke but also including
pockets of moderate-density smoke extends over most of central-southern
California and areas off the coast of Santa Barbara, and into southern
Nevada, central-southern Arizona, southern New Mexico, western Texas, and
northern Mexico. Another large plume which originated primarily from the
Cameron Peak Fire in northern Colorado over the weekend has been pushed
eastward by strong winds and now travels over New England and into New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia, reaching the northwestern 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)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov