DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0030Z December 6, 2019
SMOKE:
Southern Plains/Southeastern US...
Widespread fire activity was observed throughout the southeastern
United States. Fires stretched from Texas and Oklahoma to Florida and
the Carolinas. Much of the smoke was light, although about a dozen fires
were emitting thicker smoke. The smoke was moving different directions
throughout the day, although much of the smoke was moving clockwise
around a high pressure center that moved east across Alabama and into
Georgia today. Smoke across northern Texas was moving quickly off toward
the east while smoke across Oklahoma was moving north. Cloud cover moved
in over Louisiana, southern Mississippi, southern Alabama, and southern
Georgia throughout the afternoon, which likely impeded the analysis of
smoke in the late afternoon, although smoke was still observed through
the broken cloud cover.
Western Oregon...
Numerous smoke plumes were observed throughout western Oregon this
afternoon. Much
of the smoke was light to moderate and moving off toward the north.
Hosley
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