DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0350Z October 27, 2020
SMOKE: California/Pacific... Wildfire activity across California was observed producing varying densities of smoke, depending on the fire. The Creek Fire continues to emit thick smoke, with a fairly large area of associated remnant smoke that extends south and west out into the Pacific Ocean. A new fire in the Santa Ana Mountains was also detected. This fire was producing to moderate to thick smoke moving off to the southwest. Another fire west of Lake Tahoe was also producing moderate density smoke that was spreading west-southwest. DUST: California/Pacific... A widespread blowing dust event was observed Monday afternoon across southern California related to a Santa Ana wind event. Dust was being lofted from numerous locations across southern San Bernardino, Riverside, Imperial, and San Diego Counties. Konon 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