DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1610Z September 11, 2020
SMOKE:
Atlantic...
A detached light density plume was detected over the open ocean waters
southeast of Newfoundland.
Southeastern U.S...
A narrow light density detached plume sourced from fires in the West
extended from Louisiana to the Tennessee Valley.
Central U.S...
Another light density plume sourced from the fires in the West is
associated with a low pressure system and was detected from the Texas
Panhandle northeastward to the Upper Mississippi Valley and Great
Lakes.
Western U.S./Pacific...
Ongoing large wildfire complexes in California, Oregon, and Washington
continued to produce very large areas of moderate to thick density
plumes that cover most of the West and parts of the northeastern
Pacific Ocean. The thickest plume areas were found from off the
Oregon coast southeastward and covered much of California and Arizona,
northwestern Mexico and adjacent Pacific coastal waters, and parts of
Nevada and New Mexico.
DUST:
Atlantic...
A thin plume of Saharan dust covered the eastern tropical and subtropical
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