DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2320Z August 9, 2020
SMOKE:
California...
The Red Salmon Complex in Humboldt County remains active with largely
stagnant moderate-to-heavy density smoke seen near the source. Light
density smoke from that same fire covers much of northern California
extending to the west for approximately 100 miles over the Pacific ocean
and to the east over northwestern Nevada.
Colorado/Nebraska/Iowa…
The Pine Gulch Fire continues to burn in southwestern Garfield County
in western Colorado releasing moderate-to-thick density smoke towards
the northeast. Smoke from that fire is seen extending across central
Nebraska and western Iowa.
Southeastern U.S....
Light density remnant smoke was observed across central Mississippi,
Alabama and central Georgia as a result of scattered fire activity in that
region. The smoke is drifting eastward reaching central South Carolina.
Dust...
Light Saharan dust could be seen moving westward across western Hispaniola
and the central Caribbean Sea this afternoon.
WS
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