DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0310Z October 19, 2021
SMOKE:
Southeastern U.S./Northwestern Gulf of Mexico...
Agricultural fire activity was observed over parts of the Southeastern
U.S. including Alabama, Georgia, and Florida where light density smoke
was observed from the fire activity. A region of light density smoke was
observed off the coast of southeastern Texas over the northwestern Gulf
of Mexico earlier Monday.
Northwestern U.S./Southwestern Canada...
Light density remnant smoke likely attributed to recent fire activity in
Washington and Oregon was observed over parts of northern Washington,
southeastern British Columbia, and southern Alberta Monday afternoon.
California...
A small light density plume from scattered agricultural and a few
wildfires was detected over the northern part of the Sacramento Valley.
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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