DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1710Z October 19, 2020
SMOKE:
California, Southwestern and Northeastern U.S., Northern Mexico, New
Brunswick, and Western Atlantic Ocean
Wild fires in Northern New Mexico, as well as northern and central
California
continue to emit smoke resulting in moderate-to-heavy concentrations
near their sources whereas a larger plume consisting of light smoke but
also including pockets of moderate-density smoke extends over most of
California, southern and western Nevada, most of 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
northeast coast of the U.S, into New Brunswick, and the western Atlantic
ocean. A large area of light stagnate smoke remains up to 1,000 miles
off the east coast of the U.S. in the 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