DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1655 August 26, 2020
SMOKE:
Western and Midwestern U.S./Baja California/Northwestern Mexico…
Smoke from wildfires in the western U.S. continues to cover that
entire in addition to most of the midwest. Thick smoke dominates over
central-northern California and southern Oregon, while moderate smoke
covers western Nevada, central Idaho, southeastern Montana, northern
Wyoming and Nebraska, the Dakotas, southern Minnesota, northern Iowa,
southern Wisconsin, northern Illinois, central-northern Indiana and
southwestern Ohio. Lighter density smoke extends outwards from the
moderate concentration areas listed above, including Utah, Colorado,
New Mexico, Arizona, northwestern Mexico and Baja California. The smoke
remains largely stagnant across the western U.S. In contrast, the smoke
is seen traveling eastward over the midwestern states heading towards
the mid-atlantic and northeastern regions of the U.S. Another pocket of
mostly light smoke is also seen off the coast of North Carolina traveling
eastward ahead of the main plume.
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