DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200z October 2, 2020
SMOKE:
United States, Southwest Canada, Southeast Canada and North Atlantic
Ocean….
A large area of light to moderate density smoke from the ongoing wildfires
over California, Wyoming and Colorado was seen on over much of the
United States and extended from the western United States through the
Central and Southern Plains through the Southeastern United States and
extending northeast through eastern New England, southeast Canada and
offshore to the North Atlantic Ocean just south of Greenland. An area
of moderate density smoke was seen within this area over portions of the
Southeastern United States and Southern Plains from Georgia extending
west into Texas and Oklahoma. Further to the west, an area of high
density smoke was seen from the ongoing wildfires over California and
extending north along coastal California and Oregon and then northeast
into southern Washington and northern Idaho.
DUST:
Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Southwest Atlantic Ocean, northeastern Caribbean
Sea….
An area of Saharan dust was extending from the eastern Tropical Atlantic
Ocean west through the Tropical Atlantic and into the southwest North
Atlantic Ocean and the northeastern Caribbean Islands and northeast
Caribbean Sea.
Hanna
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