DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1830Z August 16, 2020
SMOKE:
Colorado to the Lower Mississippi Valley...
Several ongoing wildfires in Colorado are producing a large moderate to
think density plume that covers the eastern part of the state, the
northern Texas Panhandle, northeastern New Mexico, southwestern Kansas,
and the Oklahoma Panhandle. A light density plume covers most of
Oklahoma, north-central and northeastern Texas, most of Arkansas and
Louisiana, and parts of Mississippi. Two other wildfires in western
Colorado are spreading narrow thick density plumes to the
west-southwest. A thin density plume from these same wildfires is over
eastern Utah and northern New Mexico.
California/Pacific Northwest/Great Basin...
An wildfire in the Six Rivers National Forest continues to burn and is
producing a relatively narrow light density plume that is spreading over
western Oregon and central Washington. Near Babbitt Peak in the
northeastern part of the state, an ongoing wildfire is producing a large
light to moderate density plume that extends over northwest Nevada,
eastern Oregon, southern Idaho, and northern Utah. A large light
density plume from wildfires west of Lancaster and in the Angeles
National Forest covers most of the southern part of California. Small
moderate density plumes are found near these two wildfire clusters.
DUST:
Tropical Atlantic...
A large plume of thin Saharan dust moving westward is located over the
central and eastern tropical Atlantic.
Konon
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