DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0311Z July 26, 2020
SMOKE:
Northern California into Pacific Northwest…
Numerous fires burned in northern California as well as Oregon and
Washington. Wildfire activity in Modoc National Forest region of
northeastern California was producing heavy density smoke fanning and
moving to the northeast. Light density smoke from these fires was also
observed spreading out from the fire and generally to the northeast.
A fire in central Oregon was producing heavy density smoke moving to
the southeast and northwest while light density smoke spread further
from the fire in both directions.
Wildfires were observed throughout the state of Washington and were
producing primarily light density smoke moving to the south-southeast.
In central Washington, a wildfire was producing heavy density smoke also
moving to the southeast.
Central and Southern California…
Scattered wildfire activity in central California and southern California
was producing primarily light density smoke fanning as it spread from
the fire. In central California, some additional heavy smoke was observed
near the source fire, and the movement of the plume was to the south.
Western U.S…
Stagnant smoke from numerous fires burning in the west was observed from
northern California and northern Nevada to the northeast into southern
Idaho as well as portions of Montana, Wyoming and southern Oregon.
Smoke density varied from primarily light to a section of medium density.
Central Plains…
Scattered agricultural fires throughout the central plains were producing
primarily light density smoke plumes moving to the north throughout Kansas
and Oklahoma. Some residual smoke also extended into southern Nebraska.
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...
SMOKE:
Western U.S...
A couple of ongoing wildfires in northern California are spreading a
light to moderate density plume to the east-northeast over northern
Nevada, southeastern Oregon, and southern Idaho.
DUST:
A very large area of Saharan dust extends from the west African coast
across the tropical Atlantic into most of the Caribbean Sea.
Levine
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