DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z September 2, 2020
SMOKE:
Western U.S./Pacific...
Large wildfires continue to burn in central and northern California with
moderate to heavy stagnant smoke covering much of San Joaquin and
Sacramento Valleys, as well as coastal areas north of Santa Rosa. The
smoke plume is seen extending to the west for approximately 400 miles
over the Pacific ocean from Salinas to the Oregon state border.
Oregon/Washington...
Moderate density smoke covers northern Oregon and southern Washington
as a result of wildfires in northern Oregon (White River and Lionshead
fires) and central Washington (Evans Canyon Fire). The plumes can be
seen dispersing towards the east and into central-northern Idaho.
Mexico...
An area consisting of light-density stagnant smoke associated with
scattered small fire activity is seen stretching from western Tabasco
to northern Veracruz.
DUST:
Caribbean...
A large area of Saharan dust plume is moving westward across the
eastern-central Caribbean, affecting Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and Turks
and Caicos Islands. The plume is expected to reach eastern Cuba and the
Bahamas in the next few hours.
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