DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z August 31, 2020
SMOKE:
Western/Central United States and the Pacific Ocean...
A large area of moderate to heavy density smoke associated with large
wildfire complex activity in Northern/Central California as well
as in North-Central Oregon was observed in the latest GOES Visible
imagery. Moderate to heavy density smoke was observed over most of
central/southeastern Oregon, northern/central California including
the San Francisco Bay region, San Joaquin Valley, and to the north of
Los Angeles as well as several hundred miles offshore over the Eastern
Pacific Ocean. Moderate to heavy density smoke was also observed further
to the east of the region moving mainly eastward over most of Nevada,
Utah, Colorado, parts of southern Wyoming, and out over the central
plains including most of Kansas and Nebraska. Light to moderate density
smoke was also observed over parts of the Mississippi Valley including
southern Minnesota, most of Iowa, and most of Missouri. The large region
of smoke is moving eastward in satellite imagery.
Eastern United States and Central Atlantic Ocean...
A small region of light density smoke was observed over parts of
Eastern North and South Carolina this morning. A large region of light
to moderate density smoke likely attributed from smoke transport from
Western U.S. wildfire activity was observed out over the Central Atlantic
Ocean west of the Azores this morning.
SAHARAN DUST:
Atlantic Ocean/Central America/Yucatan Peninsula/Caribbean Sea/Gulf
of Mexico...
The latest GOES Visible imagery observed a large region of moderate
to heavy density Saharan dust over the tropical and subtropical
Eastern/Central Atlantic Ocean progressing westward towards the Western
Atlantic Ocean. Saharan dust of light to moderate density was also
observed over parts of the Caribbean Sea to the north and over Hispaniola,
over Puerto Rico, to the south of Jamaica, and to the south of Cuba as
well as over parts of Central America, the Yucatan Peninsula, and over
the southern and southwestern Gulf of Mexico in satellite imagery.
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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