DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z November 7, 2020
SMOKE:
California...
The smoke from the ongoing Creek, Rattlesnake, and SQF Complex fires
which was seen earlier this morning was no longer visible later in the
afternoon due to cloud cover.
Elsewhere...
A few smoke plumes could be seen with seasonal fire activity over
western Washington and central and southern British Columbia. Scattered
seasonal/agricultural type fires were present over a broad area including
the Central and Southeastern U.S. along with quite a few smoke plumes
of thin to locally moderate density especially over the South Central
U.S. Despite a fairly significant concentration of seasonal/agricultural
fires in eastern North Dakota, southwestern Manitoba, and southeastern
Saskatchewan in nearby south central Canada, little smoke could be seen
in satellite imagery due to cloud cover moving over the area during
the afternoon.
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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