DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z November 7, 2019
SMOKE:
Arizona and Utah...
Two fires in Utah were seen producing light to moderate smoke this
morning. This smoke was moving southwest into Arizona. A portion of the
smoke is remnant from yesterday.
Elsewhere...
Across the southeastern US and much of western Canada, cloud cover
is obscuring the ground, preventing the analysis of smoke in those
locations. Fires have been analyzed across British Columbia and
Alberta. As such, it is likely there is at least some smoke present
beneath the cloud cover. Further fire activity is noted across the
southeastern US, but cloud cover is present across much of the southeast
outside of the Carolinas.
Blowing dust:
Far Southern Nevada...
Blowing dust was observed moving southwest from south of Valley of Fire
State Park across the Muddy Mountains and continuing to move towards
Las Vegas.
Hosley/Cortez
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