DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z Tuesday, September 8, 2020
SMOKE:
Western U.S. into Central U.S/Mississippi and Ohio Valley…
A large area of smoke originating primarily from wildfires in the
western U.S (Washington/Oregon/California) dominates a large area
west of the Appalachian Mountains with the exception of parts of
northeast Nevada, northern/central Utah, most of Montana. Also
northern/central Plains/Wyoming/Colorado and parts of northern Utah
due to cloud cover. Large wildfires in northern Washington, western
Oregon, and central-northern California could be observed emitting
moderately dense to dense smoke which covers northern/central-eastern
Washington, western Oregon, almost the entire state of California into
the Pacific Ocean, western-southern Nevada, southern/central Arizona,
central/northern New Mexico, a line from northern Mexico northeast into
western Texas/Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma including parts
of the panhandle, southern/eastern Missouri, and a line from eastern
Arkansas into central Mississippi and southern Alabama. Areas of light
smoke extend further out from the areas above for hundreds of miles. The
bulk of the moderate-to-heavy density smoke is dispersing eastward into
the Southern/parts of Central Plains into the Ohio/Mississippi Valley
following the flow across the region. Smoke may spread farther north
into parts of the central/northern Plains and northern/Ohio Valley/Great
Lakes region, but cloud cover obscures the view.
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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