DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0220Z September 22, 2020
SMOKE:
CONUS, Central and Eastern Canada, and Northeastern Mexico…
The wildfire activity over the western United States was continuing to
produce a very large smoke plume that extended over most of the United
States, central and eastern Canada. The highest density smoke extended
from portions of eastern Canada southwest through Midwestern States
towards the Southern Plains. Further to the west, moderate to high
density smoke was also seen extending from northern Utah and southern
Idaho southwest through southern Oregon, northern Nevada and most of
California.
Central and Eastern Atlantic Ocean…
An area of light density smoke extended from the northern Atlantic Ocean
south to portions of the north central Atlantic Ocean and then curving
back northeast towards portions of western Europe.
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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