DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1615Z September 23, 2020
SMOKE:
Western-Northern-Northeastern United States, Southeastern Canada,
Northern Mexico, western Gulf of Mexico, and North Atlantic Ocean….
A large smoke plume associated with wildfires in the western United States
continues to affect a large swath of the country, including all states in
the western, southwestern, northern, and northeastern regions, in addition
to southeastern Canada, and northern Mexico. Areas of heavy density smoke
can be found across central and northern California, specially along the
San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys. Areas of moderate density smoke are
also found over eastern Montana, the Dakotas, the Great Lakes region,
and the north Atlantic region off the Maryland/Delaware coastlines and
to the northeast of the Bermudas. The smoke remains mostly stagnant
over the western U.S., whereas it is seen moving towards the Atlantic
following the general eastward atmospheric flow in the other regions.
WS
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