DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1610Z October 21, 2020
SMOKE:
California/Nevada/Arizona…
Wildfire activity in the Sierra Nevada/CA persisted overnight with
moderate-to-heavy density smoke observed emitting from the Creek Fire
and over the San Joaquin Valley and surrounding areas this morning. Light
smoke extended outward over the San Fernando Valley, the Pacific coastline
from San Luis Obispo to areas 100 miles north of San Francisco, and
towards the southeast reaching southern Nevada and northwestern Arizona.
Colorado…
The East Troublesome and Cameron Peak fires in northern Colorado remained
active although smoke identification was partially obscured by lingering
clouds downwind from those fires. Nonetheless, two distinct plumes
could be observed dispersing towards the east in the general direction
of southern Nebraska and northern Kansas.
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