DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0010Z September 21, 2020
SMOKE:
Central and Western United States, Central Canada, Northern Mexico…
Smoke from the wildfires over the western United States continues to
affect a large portion of the United States, Canada, and northern
Mexico. The highest density smoke within this area extended from
north central Canada south through the Upper Midwest and Northern,
Central and Southern Plains of the United States and into northeast
Mexico. The smoke over northern U.S. and central Canada was moving
to the east towards the Great Lakes and central Quebec. Another area
of high density smoke was near the active wildfires over central and
northern California and specially along the Sacramento and San Joaquin
Valleys. Numerous agricultural fires along the Mississippi Valley were
emitting light-to-moderate density smoke towards the west adding to the
large plume affecting that region.
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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