DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z Saturday, September 5, 2020
SMOKE:
Western/Central United States, Southwestern/South-Central Canada, and
Northeastern Pacific Ocean...
Widespread large complex wildfire activity was observed in Northern and
Central California as well as in north central Oregon, where moderate
to heavy density smoke was observed progressing northward. Light to
moderate density smoke was also observed off the Northwestern U.S. coast
out over the Northeastern Pacific Ocean. Small complex fire activity
was observed as well in Southeastern British Columbia Province. Smoke
analysis was difficult in parts of Southwestern/South Central Canada
and over Montana where a weather system was observed in satellite
imagery this morning. A large region of moderate to heavy density
smoke associated with the widespread large complex fire activity in the
region was observed in parts of Central California in the Eastern San
Joaquin Valley near the Sierra Nevada mountain range, most of Northern
California, most of Central/Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington State,
most of Western/Northern/Central Idaho, and most of Montana. The large
region of moderate to heavy density smoke was also observed progressing
around a large high pressure system in the Western U.S. in parts of the
Northern/Central Plains and in the Mississippi Valley where moderate
to heavy density smoke was observed over both North/South Dakota,
Eastern Colorado, most of Kansas, Western Minnesota, most of Iowa,
parts of Northern Oklahoma, most of Missouri, far Southwestern Indiana,
Western Kentucky, and far Northern Texas in this morning’s latest GOES
Visible satellite imagery.
Eastern United States and Atlantic Ocean...
A large region of light density smoke was observed in this morning’s
GOES Visible imagery over parts of eastern North Carolina and offshore
from the mid Atlantic and New England coast over the Western Atlantic
Ocean.
SAHARAN DUST...
Eastern and Western Atlantic Ocean/South Florida/Gulf of Mexico...
A large region of light to moderate density Saharan Dust was observed
over the Western Atlantic Ocean as well as over parts of South Florida
and over the Central/Western Gulf of Mexico. Saharan dust of moderate to
heavy density was observed off the coast of West Africa progressing out
over the Eastern Atlantic Ocean in this morning’s latest GOES Visible
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