Wednesday, September 2, 2020

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0250Z Thursday, September 3, 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 800 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 and northern Idaho.

Montana...
Several wildfires in the south-central and southeastern part of the
state are producing light to moderate density plumes that are
spreading off to the east-southeast.

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:
Atlantic...
A large thin Saharan dust plume continues to cover most of the
tropical Atlantic.  Another thin plume is located over the northern
Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, and Hispaniola.  Here it turns
northward and then northeastward to cover much of the southwestern
part of the Atlantic.

Konon


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.