DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z December 9, 2020
SMOKE:
Northwestern Baja…
A large wildfire in northwestern Baja was producing moderately dense to
thick smoke which spread to the west and northwest and mainly off the
coast though a bit of the thinner density smoke from this fire did pass
over far southwestern California.
South Central and Southeastern U.S…
A significant amount of what is believed to be mainly seasonal type fire
activity was noted over portions of the South Central and Southeastern
U.S. along with numerous smoke plumes, the majority of which were thin
in density though a handful of thicker plumes were also visible in
this region.
Farther to the north, more widespread seasonal/agricultural fires
were detected over the North Central U.S. and far South Central Canada
though little smoke could be seen in satellite imagery due to cloudiness
spreading across the region during the afternoon.
DUST:
Northern Texas…
A patch of thin density blowing dust originated from sources to the west
and northwest of Dallas and moved to the southeast.
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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