DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z August 13, 2020
SMOKE:
Western Colorado into the Central Plains...
The Pine Gulch and the Grizzly Creek fire complexes in Garfield County,
Colorado were observed emitting significant moderate to heavy density
smoke progressing East and Northeast towards Southern Wyoming, Western
Kansas, and Western Nebraska. A large region of smoke from these fires
including yesterday’s and today’s production of dense pyro-cumulus
clouds over Colorado from the Pine Gulch Fire was seen over the Central
Plains where moderate to heavy density smoke was observed over parts
of South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. Light density smoke was also
observed over Western Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle, and parts of Iowa
in satellite imagery.
California/Pacific Northwest/Northern Rockies and Plains and Southern
Canada...
The Red Salmon fire Complex in Humboldt County of Northwestern California
was observed emitting moderate to heavy density smoke seen to the North,
East, and South of the fire now progressing Northeastward and Eastward
this evening towards Southern Oregon. A large region of smoke associated
with this fire was seen over the Northern Rockies including parts of
Montana, North Dakota, and Southern Canada including Southern Saskatchewan
and Southern Manitoba Province. Cloud cover from a weather system made
smoke analysis difficult over the Northern Rockies over Idaho, Wyoming,
and Montana. Light density smoke was observed offshore over the Eastern
Pacific Ocean off the Northern California coast as well as over parts
of Washington State this evening in satellite imagery.
Alaska...
Light to moderate density smoke originating from Siberian wildfires
could be seen over much of Northern, Western, and Southern Alaska, as
well as over portions of the Arctic Ocean, the Bering Sea, and the Gulf
of Alaska in satellite imagery.
Canada/Northern US...
Light to moderate density smoke was observed over most of
Northeastern/Eastern/ Southern Canada and over Northern New
England/Northern Great Lakes region from wildfire smoke transport from
the Siberian,Canadian, and Western United States wildfire activity. A
large complex fire was observed in Ontario Province emitting moderate
to heavy density smoke progressing Eastward in satellite imagery.
Dust:
A region of blowing dust was observed over Northern Arizona progressing
Eastward towards Northern New Mexico this evening in satellite imagery.
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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)
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SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov