DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2306Z September 21, 2019
SMOKE:
Great Lakes region U.S...
An area of remnant thin density smoke likely mixed with other atmospheric
pollutants was observed moving NE; stretching from the western area of
the region and into northwestern New York State. This smoke was likely
the result of seasonal/agricultural type fire activity in the Central
and Southeastern U.S. from previous days.
Arizona...
The Ikes fire continues to burn in north-central Arizona this evening
producing thin smoke stretching towards the east and localized moderately
dense smoke.
British Columbia/Alberta...
Extensive cloud cover across Alaska and northwestern Canada prevented
smoke detection in satellite imagery despite the wildfire activity
especially in British Columbia and Alberta.
Boll
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