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