DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z November 2, 2020
SMOKE:
California/Far Eastern Pacific off the California Coast…
New smoke of moderate to thick density appeared to move more to the
north and northwest from the Creek Fire, the Rattlesnake Fire, and the
SQF Complex in the forests of east central California. Earlier smoke of
mainly thin density primarily from these fires could be seen over portions
of northern and central California and off the coast of California over
the far eastern Pacific.
Louisiana…
Seasonal/agricultural fire over central and southern Louisiana produced
many smoke plumes of thin density which spread to the south with some
plumes merging to form slightly larger leftover patches of thin density
smoke.
UNKNOWN AEROSOL:
Southern Arizona/Western Mexico/Baja/Gulf of California/Eastern Pacific
off the Baja and Western Mexico Coast…
A rather large area of unknown aerosol was visible along and off the
western portion of Mexico and covering much of the Gulf of California
and the southern half of the Baja Peninsula. Some of this aerosol
also appeared to spread northward into southern Arizona just prior to
sunset. The source and composition of this aerosol is not known, but it
is possible that it may be composed at least in part of leftover smoke
from the ongoing wildfires in east central California.
JS
Earlier This Morning...
Saharan Dust:
West Africa/Eastern Atlantic Ocean...
A region of light to moderate density Saharan dust was observed in this
morning’s GOES Visible satellite imagery off the West African coast
over parts of the Eastern Atlantic Ocean.
Sambucci
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